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In reply to the discussion: Vote: What was the worst act of GOP Treason ever? [View all]moondust
(20,025 posts)22. Exactly.
It used to be the "white power business and agriculture party" but now is more like the "white power plutocracy party" since its wealth concentration policies that serve the Koch monsters are not good for small business or small farmers.
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I chose Watergate because Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon. That set the precedent that the repukes
muntrv
Nov 2014
#1
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
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
I voted "Other" for Nixon's 1968 footsie with Thieu (via Claire Chennault) that
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#3
Yeah, we stll haven't kicked the Vietnam Syndrome, George H.W. Bush's words to the
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#8
No worries. One can make an argument that without the Vietnam War, there
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2014
#7
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
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
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
When Reagan's handlers prevented the hostage takers from releasing the hostages
randys1
Nov 2014
#26