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6. Nixon and Watergate

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 01:21 PM

Sep 2015

Followed by Ford's subsequent pardon of Nixon, which effectively sanctioned illegal behavior from then on.

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Your view of the root cause of much of the general "mess" we are in [View all] NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 OP

It's hard to overstate what a disaster the Reagan presidency was. (nt) Lizzie Poppet Sep 2015 #1

yes it is Go Vols Sep 2015 #8

Well, Newest Reality Sep 2015 #2

Thread win so far! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 #3

Hard to put a good spin on Reagan and the horrible people who gave him power. Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #4

Out of the options presented, Reagan Scootaloo Sep 2015 #5

+1. great response. thanks! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 #11

Nixon and Watergate IDemo Sep 2015 #6

Yeah, Reagan was a disaster, but the Nixon sleaze era started it all. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #7

Majestic 12, Roswell, Operation Paper Clip Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 #9

The German government did surrender 1939 Sep 2015 #20

Admiral Doenitz, was never an official member of the NAZI party Ichingcarpenter Sep 2015 #21

Strange thing about the war crimes trial of Doenitz 1939 Sep 2015 #31

Capitalism. hifiguy Sep 2015 #10

The 1%, drug laws, racism, religion, colonialism fadedrose Sep 2015 #12

Organized greed LadyHawkAZ Sep 2015 #13

I have to go back to the assassination of JFK. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #14

Do read James Douglass' JFK and the Unspeakable. hifiguy Sep 2015 #15

Profoundly frightening. But also profoundly sad. RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #28

It is more or less the last word. hifiguy Sep 2015 #34

I agree 1000%. But I'd take it back to 1947, when the CIA was born and the Dulles boys took over. hedda_foil Sep 2015 #23

I have thought for many years that Allen Dulles was directly connected hifiguy Sep 2015 #37

Indeed. ^^^^^ hedda_foil Sep 2015 #46

i'd say it goes back to the assassination of RFK 0rganism Sep 2015 #16

I agree with that assessment Art_from_Ark Sep 2015 #49

I believe that 11/22/63 was the Ur-moment, the moment after which (and re-emphasized in 1968) ALL WinkyDink Sep 2015 #17

It started with the deliberate decision to leave the USA on a wartime footing after WWII ended. TransitJohn Sep 2015 #18

Agree RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #32

I'm torn between Reagan and right wing hate radio/television. Vinca Sep 2015 #19

It started with Tricky Dick being caught red-handed. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #22

I also see Watergate as the start of endless payback/attack that leads us to today's NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 #33

Admittedly mine is a simplified analysis. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #36

The Electoral College Shrek Sep 2015 #24

reagan by a long shot madokie Sep 2015 #25

Nixon and his Southern Strategy. Dawson Leery Sep 2015 #26

Personally I recall the Reagan presidency TBF Sep 2015 #27

Wilful ignorance. (n/t) Iggo Sep 2015 #29

The invention of agriculture. Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #30

thanks to all - there is a huge heap of deep thinking and well reasoned responses here. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 #35

The Warren Commision Report, Viet Nam. the release of the hostages, Iran Contra, Peregrine Took Sep 2015 #38

Religion has been pissing me off a lot lately NightWatcher Sep 2015 #39

another great point. thanks for making it. NRaleighLiberal Sep 2015 #41

As the GOP moves further to the right AgingAmerican Sep 2015 #40

Nixon and the Southern Strategy. Initech Sep 2015 #42

War Inc removed JFK...what McCain called ''The Intervention in Dallas.'' Octafish Sep 2015 #43

I Got To Thinking.... WiffenPoof Sep 2015 #44

Financialization & globalization. moondust Sep 2015 #45

Blue Dog Democrats Glitterati Sep 2015 #47

the Gingrich Republican Congress northoftheborder Sep 2015 #48