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21. I suspect that there is a basketball-sized grain of truth

Reply to Zorra (Reply #13)

Fri Nov 7, 2014, 04:33 PM

Nov 2014

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Vote: What was the worst act of GOP Treason ever? [View all] True Blue Door Nov 2014 OP

I chose Watergate because Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon. That set the precedent that the repukes muntrv Nov 2014 #1

I should have included the pardon of Nixon as an independent option. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #4

What made Ford's pardon of Nixon so insidious and craven is that Ford failed to pardon KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #9

I wasn't around then, but a lot of people sincerely disagreed with pardoning draft resisters. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #11

I was 15 in 1974, so only starting to become politically aware and active. But I remember KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #12

Ford might have been something admirable. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #28

Well far be it from me to speak in defense of the oft-maligned Ford. But I will give him this: KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #31

He papered over the Constitutional crisis only to erupt again later True Blue Door Nov 2014 #32

Without no 2000 coup, there would be no Iraq war Stargleamer Nov 2014 #2

I voted "Other" for Nixon's 1968 footsie with Thieu (via Claire Chennault) that KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #3

I voted for other before I saw your reply... catnhatnh Nov 2014 #5

Yeah, we stll haven't kicked the Vietnam Syndrome, George H.W. Bush's words to the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #8

Damn, I forgot about that one! True Blue Door Nov 2014 #6

No worries. One can make an argument that without the Vietnam War, there KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #7

I was going ask for this addition before reading your post! bullwinkle428 Nov 2014 #16

Yes, Nixon's treasonous actions to keep the Vietnam War going. It killed hundreds of thousands. Stuart G Nov 2014 #24

The Iraq War had a lower body count, but its conspiracies were more egregious. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #29

Technical point: South Vietnam was not an 'allied sovereign state,' at least not by the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #33

Ah, okay. I am not as well versed in that period and place. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #34

This is a great thread that should go viral elsewhere besides here. What a KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #10

Other: Starting the DLC/Third Way, and infiltrating the Democratic party with it. Zorra Nov 2014 #13

I suspect that there is a basketball-sized grain of truth hifiguy Nov 2014 #21

The disturbing meta-question is why does a party hifiguy Nov 2014 #14

That, my friend, is one hell of a sad truth, eh? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #17

Exactly. moondust Nov 2014 #22

To paraphrase Lord Acton hifiguy Nov 2014 #23

Reagan's inaction on AIDS while it became a massive global pandemic. Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #15

OMG, I've turned from rage to tears with just one short post by you. And now KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18

No shit...And rightwing assholes want to name their new country after the prick randys1 Nov 2014 #27

It does make some sense to name it after Reagan. LiberalElite Nov 2014 #35

Emphasizing "Treason"-I think October Surprise Really Fits Definition Best Stallion Nov 2014 #19

You want just ONE????? Old Nick Nov 2014 #20

I went with the Business Plot. HubertHeaver Nov 2014 #25

It might not have been a better world. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #30

I said a different world. HubertHeaver Nov 2014 #37

When Reagan's handlers prevented the hostage takers from releasing the hostages randys1 Nov 2014 #26

The Y2K sElection. lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #36

Voting for the Turtle. L0oniX Nov 2014 #38