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In reply to the discussion: Shocking New Evidence Reveals Depths of 'Treason' and 'Treachery' of Watergate and Iran-Contra [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)53. I see what you did
"protected and in a sense preserved the Office of the President."
Similar to Parry's interpretation. Probably how Nixon and Johnson viewed it. Seems to me they were just looking out for their own hides. The Office of the President needs to be accountable to history, and would survive any scandal.
And this wasn't just wire-tapping or amateur break-ins, it was, in the case of Nixon in '68, about sabotaging the Vietnam peace negotiations, which led to a much longer and deadlier war, as well as to the expansion of the war into Cambodia and Laos. That's not protecting the Office of the President, that's betraying entire peoples and nations for the purpose of getting elected.
A minor quibble I had with an excellent article.
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Shocking New Evidence Reveals Depths of 'Treason' and 'Treachery' of Watergate and Iran-Contra [View all]
xchrom
Mar 2013
OP
No Republican has been elected since 1928 without having been involved in Treason of some kind.
CanonRay
Mar 2013
#54
nixon = prescott bush protegee. and this scenario puts me in mind of the october surprise.
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#8
Exactly -- the 60's assassinations preceded these crimes (replete with overlapping personnel)
villager
Mar 2013
#26
Let's not forget the threads & personnel running from the Kennedy assassination through to Watergate
NBachers
Mar 2013
#14
And the conservative billionaire owned media won't do so now. Just Kardashian rumors daily...
freshwest
Mar 2013
#21
We need to keep this issue alive and try to pressure the Corp-Media into discussing. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#17
After all the Iraq lies and war crimes ...I am not shocked at the little offenses in the past. n/t
L0oniX
Mar 2013
#23
I saw this story, read it, emailed it to my Usual Suspect list, & didn't post it here
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2013
#40
Agreed !!! - Hoover, Johnson, JFK, Vietnam, Nixon, Reagan, Millions Dead, Democracy On Life Support
WillyT
Mar 2013
#46
We all knew that tricky Dicky was Satan's spawn and so was "Saint" Ronnie....
Swede Atlanta
Mar 2013
#45