John Dean destroys Trump's 'tapes' threat with one savage tweet.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In the past week, comparisons between President Donald Trump's Russiagate scandal and the Watergate scandal of the 1970s have accelerated, as the White House has made a series shocking decisions that eerily parallel Richard Nixon's attempts to save himself from the investigation that would ultimately force him to resign.

In particular, Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, the man in charge of investigating him, is being widely compared to the infamous Saturday Night Massacre, in which Nixon fired the independent special prosecutor who was investigating him, resulting in the immediate resignation of both the attorney general and deputy attorney general. The similarity was so striking, even the Nixon Presidential Library was quick to distance itself from Trump.

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On Friday, President Trump invited further comparison by tweeting the following ominous message to Comey.

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This not-so-veiled threat immediately spawned another round of shocked reactions. But one commentator who managed to keep his cool was former Nixon lawyer John W. Dean.

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https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/john-dean-donald-trump-nixon-watergate/

[NurseJackie]

1. "Honest people don't have problems being taped."

Perfect!

[Stuart G]

9. Just said, "Comey Not Worried About Any Tapes....

here is the link to the story where he says this:

Ousted FBI Director James Comey is “not worried about any tapes” of conversations between him and President Donald Trump, an unnamed source “familiar with the matter” told CNN on Friday.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cnn-source-comey-not-worried-any-tapes

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Was John Dean worried about being taped?..I don't think so, neither is Comey

[NurseJackie]

11. I'll bet that's not the reaction and response that Trump was hoping for.

[SunSeeker]

14. Who knew Trump's tweet would backfire?

EVERYONE.

[onit2day]

48. Trump's way of telling Comey that Trump has tapes

of conversations with Comey not the other way around, Trump's vindictive way of trying to intimidate Comey. Character is the key. Trump's character is insidious so you know he's the culprit no matter what the situation is

[KentuckyWoman]

43. Comey is not exactly an honest person.

But I doubt his has much to fear from Herr Hair.

[NurseJackie]

44. It's situational and very bizarre, isn't it?

[Volaris]

47. My money's still on Comey to blow this whole thing wide open

I still think he's going to be Obamas master stroke.

Severus Snape was a asshole, too. But he was DUMBLEDORES asshole, and I think when all the equations are scored, that will count for a lot.
Obama left a lot of good pieces on the board for other people to finish his game with. I suspect Director Comey is one of those players.

[MagickMuffin]

2. John Dean should know what he's talking about

truly Trump'd is one dumb M'Fer, bigly!!!

[sdfernando]

37. I agree...thing is,

I don't think cheeto hombre even knows who John Dean is.

[Grammy23]

3. Tweeted by one who knows of what he speaks!

😂😂😂😂😂

[Stuart G]

4. A voice of experience....

I remember listening to John Dean at the Watergate Hearings. I wondered, is there any way to verify if he is telling the truth?..I guess there was, and he had no problem with being taped, because he was telling the truth.

Mr. Nixon was not telling the truth. As has been proved.

Now, Mr Trump has a long history of lying. Here and there and everywhere. Dean's point is correct. Let's hear any tapes. But, as it has been stated, it is now very easy to alter tapes, and Trump would surly do so.

It will end up in court. Comey vs Trump. Or in the senate. or wherever.....

Question: who has a history of lying and who has a history of truth telling??? We will see. What a show..more popcorn please.

[murielm99]

19. I remember listening to John Dean.

Do you remember how long his testimony was? I can't find anything on the length, but it seems to me he was up there talking for more than one session. I found a picture of him, with his wife sitting behind him.

Until the tapes were uncovered, I did not know if I believed him. I thought his wife was being used as a distraction. I thought his carefully coached testimony could have been self-serving. Damned if the tapes didn't prove he was a truthful man after all.

With Watergate, it seemed like there were new revelations daily. This is much, much worse.

[3catwoman3]

24. It seemed as if he...

...testified for days.

[catbyte]

41. I remember thinking at the time that John Dean was the only one with even an ounce of

integrity in the entire West Wing. I can remember his wife, Mo, becoming a star as she sat behind him looking sad and solemn while he testified. I remember him ripping W a few new ones over Iraq. He appears to be one of the few Republicans left with any ense of decency at all. If he's even still a Republican at this point.

[anniebelle]

51. Not an ounce of decency in the GOP!

I watched all that was going on with Watergate in real time and was so thankful for John Dean. Unfortunately, I don't think there are ANY repukes left with a shred of honor, decency, shame or morals. SAD! Watergate/Nixon pales in comparison to what these traitors have done to this country ~ they should all be hung in the Rose Garden for the world to see that we are still a nation of law and decency.

[murielm99]

32. Isn't it also easy to tell

if tapes have been altered?

[druidity33]

42. not so much anymore...

if the tapes were recorded digitally and altered digitally, chances are they could be blended seamlessly... assuming that person knew what they were doing.

[KingCharlemagne]

56. John Dean may not have known he was being taped at the time in 1973 when he became

a party to the crime of conspiracy to obstruct justice. IIRC, Dean's allegations hung out there in the ether until Alexander Butterfield revealed the existence of the WH taping system, the revelation that began the denouement of Watergate and the downfall of the Nixon presidency.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. tRump is constantly projecting his own fears.

The veil between his emotions and his public utterances is thin.

He has marginal self-control.

[volstork]

16. I think you are

being way too generous. He has NO self control, as he has proven again and again.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Note to Don the Con: Digital files don't truly erase & digital forensics great detecting edits/gaps.

[gratuitous]

8. That may be why Trump put tapes in quotation marks

But who fucking knows anymore with this madman?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. He's stuck in the 70s. People with 21st century perspective say "recordings" / "audio" / "video". nt

[SchrodingersCatbox]

28. They also don't say

"The cyber", or "What is digital?"

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. heh heh heh

[world wide wally]

12. Exactly on the money.

But we all know there are no tapes or Cockholster wouldn't have brought it up.

[FakeNoose]

27. Well, Comey could have worn a wire and taped the meeting

... I mean it's possible. Wouldn't that be great though?

We'd all be high-fiving that one.

[world wide wally]

34. Comey shoul have told Trump that he already had the tape ... Then filmed how many shades of orange

He turned

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Projection again

fits the personality profile

[Lil Missy]

15. I was wondering when someone would point that out. If there are tapes,

it would be the orange jackass that has any reason to feel threatened. I hope there ARE tapes.

[murielm99]

17. I worry about the amount of

trump verbiage that will be unintelligible. There was enough of that on the Nixon tapes, but not so much as to destroy the meaning of the conversations. Much of the time, people cannot figure out what trump is talking about.

[alfredo]

21. Dems want hm to release the tapes.

[tanyev]

18. It's possible Trump really believes tapes would vindicate him.

I suspect everything he hears goes through his extreme narcissism filter before it reaches his brain. It doesn't matter what Comey actually said--Trump heard "Blah, blah, blah, Trump good. Blah, blah, blah, yes indeed, Mr. Trump."

[alfredo]

20. Intimidation that's all it is.

It's a shot across the bow of anyone that thinks of John Deaning him.

[Dustlawyer]

22. Hope no one tells Trump how things worked out for Nixon,

I want it to be a surprise!

[kskiska]

23. Nixon didn't dare fire Hoover

Richard Nixon was recorded as stating in 1971 that one of the reasons he did not fire Hoover was that he was afraid of reprisals against him from Hoover.

[Buns_of_Fire]

30. Wasn't it LBJ who said, "I'd rather have him on the inside pissing out

than on the outside pissing in."?

I think every president wanted to fire Jedgar, but they didn't dare.

[maddiemom]

40. What would you give to see...

Trump and J. Edgar squaring off, and then, Trump maybe firing Hoover?

[TalenaGor]

25. I cant help wonder why the russians were there the next day

maybe to pick up more 'kompromat' from trump...

[H2O Man]

26. Recommended.

[UltravioletDingo]

29. There are no tapes

This is just more apish bluster from the bully in chief.

[Buns_of_Fire]

33. I don't think so, either.

I mentioned in another thread that this is just another example of his alligator mouth overwhelming his hummingbird ass. More big talk from a little man.

Which will also make it interesting when one of his toadies has to admit that there never were any "tapes", it was just the boss shooting his mouth off again.

[Boomerproud]

45. I'll be very surprised if there are. 45 has a huuuge history of slinging poo and letting everyone

else clean it up.

[VOX]

49. "Alligator mouth...hummingbird ass"

Fucking perfect.

[MrPurple]

31. Trump alluded to tapes so his gullible supporters will think he's telling the truth

and that his tapes back him up. There probably are no tapes. It's con man 101.

[Cha]

36. Exactly. Freaking maniacal monster

[Cha]

35. trump "confused"?.. lol

Excellent, John Dean.. bullseye

[warmfeet]

38. tRump is not confused.

He is delusional. He has never bothered to learn about reality. Reality does not concern him in the least.

[BumRushDaShow]

39. John Dean mic drop.

[Honeycombe8]

46. Dean's an all right guy. I saw some interviews w/him years ago. And the movie, of course. nt

[dchill]

50. K&R.

[raven mad]

52. Rock ON, Sir!!

[LessAspin]

53. Recorder found???

Link to tweet

[NastyRiffraff]

54. Even Nixon wasn't stupid enough to out the tapes himself

Dump just screwed up, Bigly.

We don't yet know, of course, whether or not those conversations were recorded. Either they do exist and Dump was threatening and bullying, or they don't exist and he was threatening and bullying.

[KingCharlemagne]

55. What did Trump know and when did he know it? - nt