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EFerrari

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20. You're throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Reply to Robb (Reply #18)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 06:58 PM

Jun 2012

Where ever there is BushCo, there is CIA and dirty tricks. It was true of Nixon, Raygun, Poppy obviously and Little Boots. Were we to be saddled with Rmoney, it would be true again because he is their candidate as far as I can tell.

Poppy is in bad health and things might change when he's gone. Hard to tell.

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Did you know that at least 5 of the 7 Watergate burglars had worked for the CIA? [View all] NNN0LHI Jun 2012 OP

Yes. And that the media did their best to make it sound like a little job. Gregorian Jun 2012 #1

anybody remember the "Church Committee" oldhippydude Jun 2012 #2

Were there two pieces at different times of tape over the door to keep it unlocked? graham4anything Jun 2012 #3

I lived Watergate...never heard that one. Lochloosa Jun 2012 #6

I don't think it went down that way grasswire Jun 2012 #7

grasswire you are correct life long demo Jun 2012 #10

The security guard, Frank Wills, had a very sad life post-Watergate, proving coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #14

I don't believe that it was a conspiracy to bring down Nixon. But Brezhnev apparently did RZM Jun 2012 #22

This was the beginning of a right-wing take over of our country. Baitball Blogger Jun 2012 #4

Yup. Major Hogwash Jun 2012 #26

Yes, I did. Nixon gave us so many gifts. Rumsfeld, Kissinger, GHWB, Cheney, Greenspan... freshwest Jun 2012 #5

Pinochet too DBoon Jun 2012 #8

And what Kissinger promoted in Indonesia. Chile was one of the first Milton Friedmann experiments. freshwest Jun 2012 #9

Nixon was recruited by BushCo. n/t EFerrari Jun 2012 #11

Nice little cabal of criminals. freshwest Jun 2012 #12

So Eisenhower and Thomas Dewey are part of Bushco, too? Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #15

The Nixon-Bush Connection Runs Deeper Than You Know EFerrari Jun 2012 #19

It is getting rather deep in here, I agree. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #21

It's not a matter of having or not having sympathy for Nixon. EFerrari Jun 2012 #23

I find what Russ Baker considers to be noteworthy facts Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #24

He's obviously a self promoter but that doen't really change the material. EFerrari Jun 2012 #25

Had to go find a photo I'd seen when I saw your post. Judi Lynn Jun 2012 #16

But what lies underneath the obsession with the CIA? Robb Jun 2012 #13

You'd be better off not attempting to label other DU'ers as being "obsessed." Judi Lynn Jun 2012 #17

You must've missed the subhead? Robb Jun 2012 #18

You're throwing out the baby with the bath water. EFerrari Jun 2012 #20