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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:57 PM Original message |
How Many Others Feel Like This is 1973-1974 All Over Again? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is the Nixon Administration squared. |
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newscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seeing as a lot of the people who will be indicted |
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pearl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, I've noticed the parallels too |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. yep |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. and then they killed her. |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. i had forgotten that |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Martha Mitchell |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Back then, I liked her...somewhere I still have a letter |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. only if it ends up with the chimp resigning. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. one can hope |
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the_spectator (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. We still don't have any "tapes" yet. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Your post made me wonder if they had paper shredding parties n/t |
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the_spectator (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Or hard-drive smashing parties these days n/t |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. except back then we had Real Democrats and an aggressive press. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's like deja vu all over agian. |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I was 11-12yo. My biggest memory of that time is my parents |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Same here :) |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. Not same age as you...but YES...I remember..and never thought I'd go |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. * has succeeded in snagging Congress. |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I agree, Watergate is peanuts compared to this. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. This bunch of thugs makes me nostalgic |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah, it does |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. Biggest difference, however, |
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ktowntennesseedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. And that's a really big difference, too. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. That was ... |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Far Worse than Nixon |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. My first line, |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. kinda but nixon was told by his own party to step down |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Don't be too sure |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. No Sam Irvin, no TV coverage of the Watergate Hearings |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. now no free media, 24/7 RW radio, no free republicans |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. All I remember from that time was Speed Buggy. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm about to turn 56. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sure Do.... |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. I've felt that quite a while. But I think Nixon was worse. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. kick in the evening |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. The key difference is that |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Historical Correction |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 08:00 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I had him connected to Vietnam... |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. By the way, it's Melvin Laird |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. It's not just about the war |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. You're correct |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm (almost) 52 |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm 57, and lived in |
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akarnitz (303 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-05 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm much more aware now, |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. kick in the morning |
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AztecGringo (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. Not holding my breath |
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