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ificandream

(11,709 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 02:39 PM Yesterday

To those of you alive when Nixon was around ...

I never thought we'd be in a situation as deep as we were with Nixon. But we've gone deeper. Nixon was terrible. Trump is deplorable. I just pray we'll get through this. With the lackeys Trump has in Congress and the Supreme Court, it's difficult to see right now. But we got through January 6. We can do it again.

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To those of you alive when Nixon was around ... (Original Post) ificandream Yesterday OP
WAAAY DEEPER! Thunderbeast Yesterday #1
Lawless rot goes MUCH deeper and wider now...... northoftheborder Yesterday #2
Nixon was corrupt from his first run for congress Stargleamer Yesterday #3
Recommended. H2O Man Yesterday #4
I definitly remember......"this will NEVER happen again"! young_at_heart Yesterday #5
Right! H2O Man Yesterday #6
It was bad. But not this bad and terrible. debm55 Yesterday #7
Nixon was a dirtbag and a wannabe autocrat. Ocelot II Yesterday #8
Power, Money and Cocaine. multigraincracker Yesterday #9
Way worse! electric_blue68 Yesterday #10
Nixon killed a heck of a lot of people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia somsai Yesterday #11

northoftheborder

(7,634 posts)
2. Lawless rot goes MUCH deeper and wider now......
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 02:55 PM
Yesterday

Involving major institutions of our government.

Stargleamer

(2,632 posts)
3. Nixon was corrupt from his first run for congress
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 03:13 PM
Yesterday

and he smeared and red-baited Helen Gahagan Douglas when he ran for Senate, long before the corruption he displayed during the Watergate era.

But the POS is quite a few order of magnitude worse than Nixon-- a hell of a lot more corrupt.

H2O Man

(78,701 posts)
4. Recommended.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 03:16 PM
Yesterday

I remember the night Nixon announced he would resign the following day. I thought we'd never see so corrupt a president. But then came Reagan, Bush the Elder, and W with Cheney. Each was -- at the very least -- as corrupt as Nixon.

young_at_heart

(4,002 posts)
5. I definitly remember......"this will NEVER happen again"!
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 04:14 PM
Yesterday

I guess I thought people were smart enough to see Nixon's mistakes and learn from them and clean up their acts that were similar. How naive I was back then!!

H2O Man

(78,701 posts)
6. Right!
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 04:25 PM
Yesterday

Ah, we were younger -- so much younger than today, as John sang. My brother & I were recording a cassette tape to send to Rubin Carter that night, complete with radio updates. So long ago ......

Ocelot II

(129,312 posts)
8. Nixon was a dirtbag and a wannabe autocrat.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 04:30 PM
Yesterday

Post-Watergate we found out a lot more about what a nasty peace of work he really was; but there were a few lines even he couldn't quite bring himself to cross. Trump makes him look like a Boy Scout.

somsai

(220 posts)
11. Nixon killed a heck of a lot of people in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 06:44 PM
Yesterday

Some argue the destabilization of Cambodia led to the KR. Extending the war another 4 years didn't do any good. Trump doesn't even budge the needle in comparison.

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