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Sheepshank

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22. Republicans never got over the humiliation of Nixon and Watergate

Fri Mar 14, 2014, 01:40 PM

Mar 2014

It is forever their Waterloo moment in history. The clearly don't like that black mark in history attached to their brand. It is shameful, and embarassing.

The ONLY way to negate some of Watergate's impact, the ONLY way they can hold their head up and be able to say "Yeah but your guy...", is to actually create a "..but your guy" moment. They think Benghazi is that moment. They theink they have finally found something that they can use that is of equal humiliation and damaging to the Dem brand.

If they can make Benghazi a big enough deal, they can start putting Nixon behind them. Until then, there will always be a Nixon Dems can use as the low bar Republican standard.

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Shut the fuck up! [View all] ashling Mar 2014 OP

All they do is sit on their arses and blame everybody except themselves and Iliyah Mar 2014 #1

Just because they are on DU, does not mean they are any kind of Liberal. RC Mar 2014 #17

^^^this^^^ L0oniX Mar 2014 #19

Exactly! ctsnowman Mar 2014 #2

told mtasselin Mar 2014 #3

I'd dispense with the "please" and the question mark. DinahMoeHum Mar 2014 #4

Agreed. At the very least, lose the question mark. ..nt TeeYiYi Mar 2014 #8

But they had to find those WMD's. lpbk2713 Mar 2014 #5

Samuel L. Jackson doing his character "Rummy" on Boondocks. Well combining his character Rummy w/his okaawhatever Mar 2014 #13

Benghazi? Bachmann is too busy blaming the yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #6

kick & recommended. William769 Mar 2014 #7

K&R! nt sheshe2 Mar 2014 #9

And Stevens was a Berkeley liberal. Fake outrage. ErikJ Mar 2014 #10

PS Republicans... 47of74 Mar 2014 #11

The best way to deal with this Mnpaul Mar 2014 #12

The desired effect of Benghazi on the right-wing audience, Baitball Blogger Mar 2014 #14

Damn TRoN33 Mar 2014 #15

I Might Suggest Skipping the Opening Intro and Go Straight to The Third Paragraph..... bkanderson76 Mar 2014 #16

Silly people. If Americans really cared they would do something about being lied into a war... L0oniX Mar 2014 #18

Kick,kick,kicked&Recommended! butterfly77 Mar 2014 #20

+1,000,000 lark Mar 2014 #21

Republicans never got over the humiliation of Nixon and Watergate Sheepshank Mar 2014 #22