Watergate

[skuthorp]

Just watched, despite knowing it all, a documentary on Watergate and its consequences. The American President held to account for his crimes.
You missed a coup by that much….. and then he was pardoned because….. precedent.


and then……. donald………. and precedent………..good luck with that one………
Compared to him Nixon still had a skerrick of honour.

[wizbang 13]

Just what I needed this morning…. a ding of anger.

[Paul Pless]

. . .a ding of anger.

lots of that going around lately

[Hallam]

...a ding of anger, a dollop of rage
if we're not careful, sooner or later
we'll all end up on the same page

[Osborne Russell]

Just watched, despite knowing it all, a documentary on Watergate and its consequences. The American President held to account for his crimes.
You missed a coup by that much….. and then he was pardoned because….. precedent.

Not legal precedent. Bull S precedent, maybe.

Compared to him Nixon still had a skerrick of honour.

Not saying much.

[LeeG]

lack of accountability


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKG8S7K0wM

[Paul Pless]

...a ding of anger, a dollop of rage
if we're not careful, sooner or later
we'll all end up on the same page

the best way to be green?

[Ted Hoppe]

It's not easy.

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[dbstra]

The Watergate scandal leading up to Nixon's resignation in August 1974 was about social mood. The economy was flat, inflation started 1973 at 3.27%, peaked at 11.05% in early 1974 and was about 10% at the time of Nixon's resignation. The bank prime loan rate had risen from 4.7% in March 1972 to 12% in July 1974. The Yom Kippur war and Arab oil embargo spiked oil prices, and the stock market was in a brutal bear market. These factors created a negative social landscape, and played a leading role in the public's perception of Nixon's presidency.

These few words are not to condone the break-in, but are to suggest that without the negative social landscape, Watergate might have been remembered as "another day at someone else's office!"

[John Smith]

Just watched, despite knowing it all, a documentary on Watergate and its consequences. The American President held to account for his crimes.
You missed a coup by that much….. and then he was pardoned because….. precedent.


and then……. donald………. and precedent………..good luck with that one………
Compared to him Nixon still had a skerrick of honour.

I remember Ford issuing that pardon and thinking: If he pardons Nixon, why not pardon those in prison for doing Nixon's wants?

[John Smith]

The Watergate scandal leading up to Nixon's resignation in August 1974 was about social mood. The economy was flat, inflation started 1973 at 3.27%, peaked at 11.05% in early 1974 and was about 10% at the time of Nixon's resignation. The bank prime loan rate had risen from 4.7% in March 1972 to 12% in July 1974. The Yom Kippur war and Arab oil embargo spiked oil prices, and the stock market was in a brutal bear market. These factors created a negative social landscape, and played a leading role in the public's perception of Nixon's presidency.

These few words are not to condone the break-in, but are to suggest that without the negative social landscape, Watergate might have been remembered as "another day at someone else's office!"

I disagree. Back then both parties cooperated. Republicans asked the tough questions, rather than lining up in blind support of a Republican president. The famous question; "What did the president know and when did he know it?" was asked by a Republican. It was Republicans who walked into the White House and told Nixon he needed to resign.

One big difference then: the public, regardless of their source of news, all had the same set of facts.