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moniss

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22. When Ford pardoned Nixon
Sun Apr 28, 2024, 02:08 PM
Apr 2024

and we were outraged we were told "You don't understand. This is needed to allow the country to heal." The media inundated the country with that message for months. Plain folks who never voiced that view of Nixon and his crimes before the pardon now suddenly started to repeat the "mantra".

We were outraged because we knew the crookedness and crimes of Nixon before even Watergate. We were outraged because we knew the crooked set-up that put in place the pieces to make the pardon happen. We knew Gerald Ford was chosen for a reason.

We knew when the pardon happened that letting a President off the hook legally for his many crimes would come back to hurt the country another day. The media kept telling us the country was "healing" and we should "move on". But we knew that the things done by Nixon from his first days in office were a cancer to our country. We knew that healing the surface doesn't mean the cancer has gone away and will not come back and spread.

So now here we are. Now we are hoping that a crooked Supreme Court will stop being crooked for just a little while and do something for the good of the country. 6 justices who got their seats by being pushed by crooked money so as to protect more crooked conduct. 6 justices who got their seats after having raised their hands and swearing to tell the truth and then proceeding to tell lie after lie.

So what will be the new pablum? The new mantra? Will it be "The enforcement people were doing all they could"? Will it be "You don't understand"?

Maybe our media and naysayers need to realize that we who are outraged about the handling of this "understand" very well how we got here and we see the clear lineage of Watergate through Iran-Contra and through 1/6 and we see what comes of allowing the head of the snake to slither away by delay, obfuscation and creation of excuses by crooked people in power.

Make no mistake about it. The country is hanging by a thread now because of what we didn't do then. The crooked 6 are getting ready to put in place the basis for a President to order out loyal troops to complete a coup the next time. All with no legal recourse. They are dangling the ability of a President to defy even the SC itself and leave the people with no legal recourse. They are poised to be removing legal remedies for a President who would suspend elections.

This has never been a thing to have "patience" with because that would imply that the ones being pursued will somehow be "chastened" in the end by the process and results and "sin no more". Glasses with that much rose coloring wouldn't even let in a speck of daylight. These people are never ending in their planning and the "patience" shown is exactly the path for the delay they seek in order to plan and execute their evasions for past acts and for planning more acts going forward.

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Too bad this isn't a teaser for political drama on t.v. Baitball Blogger Apr 2024 #1
But, but, but, you don't really know what is happening. You're not the AG. The AG doesn't speak about investigations. onecaliberal Apr 2024 #2
i'm of the opinion that he is making the 1 case on which all the others hinge. mopinko Apr 2024 #3
In the meantime the co-conspirators gab13by13 Apr 2024 #5
charging all of them wd only have bogged it down more. mopinko Apr 2024 #8
What's stopping Merrick Garland? gab13by13 Apr 2024 #11
Insurrection impeded an official act of Congress Bayard Apr 2024 #4
They are trying to claim gab13by13 Apr 2024 #6
In Trump's case, They do involve documents- fraudulent elector certificates Fiendish Thingy Apr 2024 #9
Liars can claim anything. Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2024 #28
Are you suggesting there will be no more indictments? Fiendish Thingy Apr 2024 #7
I'm interested to see how the state prosecutions make out. gab13by13 Apr 2024 #12
So, do you think DOJ will seek any indictments against Trump's co-conspirators? Fiendish Thingy Apr 2024 #19
Once it becomes locked in that the MOMFUDSKI Apr 2024 #10
Good questions, but, will we get answers ? republianmushroom Apr 2024 #13
Congressional Magats have immunity, IMO. gab13by13 Apr 2024 #14
Sure does seem like it. republianmushroom Apr 2024 #15
I'm curious Dan Apr 2024 #16
Don't get me wrong, gab13by13 Apr 2024 #18
If the result of SC interference on behalf of tsf... rubbersole Apr 2024 #17
"Oh yeah the heads of the "militias" were indicted." 11 sentenced to between 4.5 to 10 to 22 years. ancianita Apr 2024 #20
Well I'm out holding my breath at this point. Looks like there will a 'full and fair' election and probably flying_wahini Apr 2024 #21
When Ford pardoned Nixon moniss Apr 2024 #22
We've already seen the mantra. Here on DU as much as anywhere else. Scrivener7 Apr 2024 #26
I'm about to lose all confidence . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 2024 #23
I feel much like you. I'm 75, and as well as leaving a corrupted and way too easily Magoo48 Apr 2024 #24
Nevertheless Chump will lose in November FakeNoose Apr 2024 #25
I believe that their gameplan accounts for not getting enough votes moniss Apr 2024 #27
Oh I get it--Jack Smith is bad too. Kingofalldems Apr 2024 #29
Radio Silence after Canon's horrible decision. SleeplessinSoCal May 2024 #30
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