Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

onenote

(46,135 posts)

23. exactly. until he starts doing things, he can't be regarded as worse than Nixon

Reply to oberliner (Reply #22)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 12:16 AM

Jan 2017

Seems like folks here are too young or are otherwise unaware of things like the Enemies list and some of other things Nixon actually tried to do (including the secret bombing of Cambodia).

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Does anyone remember Nixon or RayGun being as bad as Benedict Donald? [View all] uponit7771 Jan 2017 OP

Been voting since '64 jehop61 Jan 2017 #1

Which one stands out? Ignorance, Immoral, self serving, racist? The treason one stands out to me uponit7771 Jan 2017 #9

Nixon and Reagan were awful in their own idiosyncratic ways but you always believed there would be no_hypocrisy Jan 2017 #2

Trump is a whole new level of terrible. yardwork Jan 2017 #3

Yes. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #4

OK... seems like conservatives have been using outside help to win elections for a while now uponit7771 Jan 2017 #10

Trump is the worst but Reagan started this mess nini Jan 2017 #5

THAT'S IT! Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #6

Wasn't from me but it lights his Band Of Bigots hair on fire they hate that he's tied to treason uponit7771 Jan 2017 #11

The way they shifted the courts set up this whole corporate kleptocracy MattP Jan 2017 #7

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2017 #8

This! n/t MANative Jan 2017 #13

The two of them laid the foundation for this piece of human excrement. MANative Jan 2017 #12

Nixon & Reagan peggysue2 Jan 2017 #14

WOW !!! Shit... KingCon is smart at grifting and the sail nothing else... shit... we're proper screw uponit7771 Jan 2017 #16

Reagan at least had some experience as governor and Nixon was not a stupid man. Vinca Jan 2017 #15

Iran Contra mythology Jan 2017 #17

What about open ties to US adversaries like Benedict Donald? Also what is Trumps uponit7771 Jan 2017 #18

It isn't him alone Cosmocat Jan 2017 #19

+1, "The country as a whole is now flat out stupid as fuck." or at least the part that voted for uponit7771 Jan 2017 #20

+1,000 AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #21

Trump isn't president yet oberliner Jan 2017 #22

exactly. until he starts doing things, he can't be regarded as worse than Nixon onenote Jan 2017 #23