Tonight is literally the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in into the DNC

[MerryHolidays]

Things can change. Let's hope for the best.

[brooklynite]

1. Fun fact: this was actually the SECOND Watergate break-in...

At behest of Liddy and Hunt, McCord and his team of burglars prepared for their first Watergate break-in, which began on May 28.

Two phones inside the DNC headquarters' offices were said to have been wiretapped. One was Robert Spencer Oliver's phone. At the time, Oliver was working as the executive director of the Association of State Democratic Chairmen. The other phone belonged to DNC chairman Larry O'Brien. The FBI found no evidence that O'Brien's phone was bugged; however, it was determined that an effective listening device was installed in Oliver's phone. While successful with installing the listening devices, the committee agents soon determined that they needed repairs. They plotted a second "burglary" in order to take care of the situation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Wiretapping_of_the_Democratic_Party's_headquarters

[Polybius]

2. Did Nixon fear that he would lose 1972?

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Is that why he did it? Wasn't 1972 super in-the-bag? After all, he won 49 states.

[Hekate]

3. Briefest statement: Nixon was a paranoid crook, and he also liked to crush his enemies...

Hence the infamous Enemies List. Winning wasn’t enough.