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thucythucy

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3. Not to mention

Reply to Oldem (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 01:56 PM

Oct 2016

he purposely prolonged a hopelessly misguided war for four years, at the cost of tens of thousands of Americans killed and maimed, and hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of Vietnamese, announcing the end of American involvement just in time to win re-election.

He also gave a green light to the overthrow of the democratically elected government of Chile, resulting in years of savage repression, torture, and executions.

I could go on...

I have no doubt a President Trump would have been just as bad, if not worse, which is why the thought of his election terrified me so.

Hopefully this creep was exposed in time.

With Nixon, unfortunately, the nation and world were not so lucky.

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This is more tension-filled than Watergate was... [View all] PCIntern Oct 2016 OP

This is my opinion of primary debates mainstreetonce Oct 2016 #1

This deserves at least one response, and I respectfully disagree. Oldem Oct 2016 #2

Not to mention thucythucy Oct 2016 #3

I was not by any means comparing PCIntern Oct 2016 #4

I agree. thucythucy Oct 2016 #5

well said rustydog Oct 2016 #8

Watergate was open-ended, this has a Nov 8th deadline tinrobot Oct 2016 #6

Ed Zachary...nt PCIntern Oct 2016 #7