This is so much worse

[Stinky The Clown]

Watergate was about a third rate burglary and the subsequent coverup by the president. Many people went to prison but at its core, the whole thing now sounds so quaint. Quite simply, Mr. I Am Not A Crook was, indeed, a crook.

The Lewinsky affair was about a second rate blowjob and a diddle with a cigar. The meaning of a two letter word and that word's parsing played heavily. At its core our rogue president was proved to have been . . . a scalawag.

The Putin affair (or whatever it will come to be called) is about collusion with a national enemy. It is about letting agents of a foreign government into the highest and most secret inner workings of our government. There is, as yet, simply no telling how much of our national security has already been compromised and given to our sworn national enemy. When you stop and think about parallels, names like Benedict Arnold, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen come to mind.

This is so, SO much worse. Russia allowed inside the White House. INVITED into the Oval Office while the US media was barred. Putin offering a conversation transcript to demonstrate what a sweet guy Trump is.

Chew on that for a while.

[liberal N proud]

1. This is treason.

[southerncrone]

5. Yes. But none of our Congress Critters or media have stated it is so. One must ask "Why?"

[liberal N proud]

21. Collusion or complicit?

[JoeOtterbein]

2. and don't forget the evil of the Cheney presidency in Iraq!

Another unpunished crime.

[tiptonic]

8. Valerie

How about Valerie Plame being outed by Darth Vader?

[uppityperson]

3. K&R

[Stallion]

4. Med-Ved-Chuk

how much Chuk could a MedVedChuk Chuk if a MedVedChuk could Chuk Chuk

Maddow: Trump team in contact with Putin's Boy Friend whose kid is the god son of Putin-based on breaking Reuters story about 18 undisclosed contacts with Russian officials or ties to the Kremlin

[VisionsJo524]

6. Not saying I disagree but

Not saying I disagree but how do you know it was a "second rate" blow job? What are your qualifications to judge? If it were a "first rate" blow job would it warrant impeachment?

[panader0]

7. Welcome to DU

Just like I've never had a bad day fishing,
I've never had a bad......

[luvMIdog]

10. you're right that point cannot be proven hahahahaha

[StevieM]

15. Welcome to DU!! (eom)

[montana_hazeleyes]

18. LoL!

I just KNEW someone would post this!

[niyad]

19. welcome to du

[joet67]

9. Treason. Plus all of the other crimes. nt

[BarbD]

11. Words escape me with each Trump/Russia revelation

This is like a bad scripted sic-fi movie. I was horrified and insulted when I heard that Putin was offering us the Russian tape of that disgusting oval office meeting.

What alternate universe are we in?

[TimeToGo]

12. But Watergate

Was way more than a third rate burglary. I know that gets said a lot, but do so, reading (or remembering). It was a scandal that went way beyond the break-in. Before the break-in. Beyond the campaign. When people say the coverup was worse than the crime, it's only because they don't know the crime or don't remember.

Now, that in no way is meant to diminish the problems with the current White House occupant.

[groundloop]

13. Correct... Nixon's team intended to use stolen information to influence the election

There are so many parallels to 45* that it's eerie. Of course 45* has done Nixon one better by including Russia (with whom he has many shady financial ties).

[NBachers]

17. And the Watergate crew were active in prior dark treasonous activities . . .

[Hekate]

14. KnR Stinky. KnR

[StevieM]

16. With Russia it is not the cover-up--it's the crime. (eom)

[niyad]

20. glanced at the federalist this morning (note to self: NEVER before caffeine) the jerk

equated a blow job with treason, and whined that the pukes have been played by the dems. awwwwwww, pooooooor babies.