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On Fox News, this is praise...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/371945-geraldo-rivera-if-there-was-a-hannity-during-watergate-nixon-wouldnt
Hannity, a vocal defender of President Trump, opened a segment on his radio show with criticism of what he perceives to be anti-Trump bias in the FBI and Justice Department probes into Russian meddling in the presidential election.
Nixon never would have been forced to resign if you existed in your current state back in 1972, 73, 74, Rivera told Hannity on his radio show.
"Its too bad for Nixon, because nobody like you existed then. I say that because I believe that our prime responsibility now is to unshackle the 45th president of the United States.
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blogslut
(38,001 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)Roger Stone and Ben Stein (two other Nixon fans).
Initech
(100,079 posts)We'd still be under British rule. There would be no America. Those assholes would have found some way to paint our founding fathers as deep state traitors.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)From what, the constraints of the United States Constitution. He seems to be managing that just fine all on his own.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)And if Nixon had such a tool (heh) at his disposal, he probably would have used it.
But should Fox even exist in this country? Hell no. Freedom of speech is one thing, but willfully deceiving the gullible public is quite another. It's one long infomercial for Republicans.
Too bad the slimeball Reagan did away with the Fairness Doctrine.
Docreed2003
(16,861 posts)And you may know this but others might not, Roger Ailes actually pitched the idea of GOP TV to Nixon, an idea that would eventually come to fruition as FoxNews.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Like Cheney and Rumsfeld did, but I hadn't heard of Ailes' "GOP TV," mercifully.
It certainly exists now, in full bloom.
Takket
(21,573 posts)highplainsdem
(48,993 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)defending defending Cheeto is a one-way ticket to being a mocked for all eternity. Anonymous Republican voters can pretend they never liked Trump (much like they disowned Bush), but these dickheads will forever be known as Trump sycophants, and history will judge them harshly for it.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)What shackles is he wearing?
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)the Trumpster has convinced himself (or had someone convince him) that Nixon was railroaded, strong-armed into resigning. This business with Geraldo telling Hannity basically that he can save The Donald fits perfectly. Add to that Roger Stone, Nixon's main fan-boy, whispering into the Trumpster's ear and we're looking at the perfect storm of defiance, arrogance and ignorance.
Should get very interesting.