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Jarqui

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33. It would have been ugly

Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:05 PM

Dec 2018

Nixon getting pardoned did not go over well.

Those scars exist today. I've been worried if Trump will ever be held to account. (I now think he will on a state level - not due to the federal system).

The same criminal presidents pressed, for example, to have a 19 year old kid selling a little pot thrown in jail for 8 years minimum but they arrange to get off "Scott Free" (to quote the orange ignoramus) for their outrageous crimes against the country (Watergate, Iran Contra, Iraq War, torture, etc).

Just maybe, if they held these presidential criminals to account for once, they would think twice before misbehaving and set an example for the world - not a cynical result where big money and power gets you a free pass.

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Does anyone remember what Nixon's funeral was like? [View all] redstateblues Dec 2018 OP

I think trump's should be just us putting him IN the bucket and then kicking it. Squinch Dec 2018 #1

Sweet Jesus, I need to grow my feet quick if I'm going to kick THAT bucket! ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #7

All of us together. And maybe kicking it off a cliff. Squinch Dec 2018 #13

I'm bringing my pet elephant just in case ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #20

Yup zipplewrath Dec 2018 #2

Hopefully most of his cohorts will be in jail and unavailable to redstateblues Dec 2018 #12

In my mind it was joyous waddirum Dec 2018 #3

State funeral for Nixon: dalton99a Dec 2018 #4

Insert Trump redstateblues Dec 2018 #6

All the Republicans are gone now eleny Dec 2018 #8

I noticed that too as i went down the line... Moostache Dec 2018 #14

You're sadly right, eleny. All the Republicans are gone. They started leaving when Newt Gingrich . . Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #22

They were never really here for us, anyway eleny Dec 2018 #23

Point eleny DownFromTheMountain Dec 2018 #41

I'm going to remember that eleny Dec 2018 #43

Carter hasn't changed a bit in 24 years Polybius Dec 2018 #40

I remember watching it but was in the hospital on morphine so I don't remember much demtenjeep Dec 2018 #5

Nope because me and my friends got s--t faced drunk. We were happy. Ok I mucifer Dec 2018 #9

Pretty sure Nixon had GWC58 Dec 2018 #10

No, he didn't. He was lying in repose at his library beforehand. n/t cynatnite Dec 2018 #16

It was Nixon's choice Raine Dec 2018 #24

+1. Nixon instructed his family to opt out of the D.C. ceremonies dalton99a Dec 2018 #26

It would have been ugly Jarqui Dec 2018 #33

When Trump dies, I'm throwing a massive party...everyone is invited. Moostache Dec 2018 #11

The only thing I remember was Dole's near crying at the end of the eulogy... cynatnite Dec 2018 #15

I didn't even know Ford had died..... LeftInTX Dec 2018 #35

I honestly don't remember the details apart from it being pretty low key. It wasn't in DC. Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #17

I was thinking earlier that the only way he gets a Presidential send offs if he jumps malaise Dec 2018 #18

It's strange but I remember so much about JFK's funeral even though I was only redstateblues Dec 2018 #19

Serious and somber. elleng Dec 2018 #21

Strange but I don't remember it at all katmondoo Dec 2018 #25

Roger Stone was there sharedvalues Dec 2018 #27

Bob Dole wept. Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #28

To be fair... GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #34

Wow, I remember that speech Polybius Dec 2018 #42

Don't know about the funeral, but can recall pre-funeral situation no_hypocrisy Dec 2018 #29

My only recollection was that it wasn't nearly soon enough rurallib Dec 2018 #30

The only one I watched was Kennedy's LeftInTX Dec 2018 #31

There was a pretty concerted effort to rehabilitate Nixon's image in the 90s, and it sorta worked. Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #32

While Nixon was never fully contrite for his deeds... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #36

It was a muted affair at his library. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #37

I'm thinking Mardi Gras lame54 Dec 2018 #38

youtube link here for those feeling sentimental diva77 Dec 2018 #39