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zentrum

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50. Not there yet. This isn't

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:36 AM

Mar 2017

...the 70's. Or the old style Repug Party which used to have some people serious about governing. Or the same as an era when Democrats had real clout---they had a majority in both House and Senate. The court was not as conservative. The press was still corporate but nothing as sold out as today. Our current press would be kissing 45's ass, Moonves--style, if he hadn't attacked them.

So I don't think we have the means---yet---to have a real Watergate denouement.

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Is it just me, or does something smell like [View all] annabanana Mar 2017 OP

You Betcha! Frogg Mar 2017 #1

Bring it! Now it appears that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III may indeed have lied... Raster Mar 2017 #2

hmmm..... bdamomma Mar 2017 #14

That whole fucking party is guilty of this. Initech Mar 2017 #17

Sessions met with a Russian envoy at the RNC Convention? csziggy Mar 2017 #29

FYI According to the WaPo article, Sessions met with Kislyak in his senate office... Princess Turandot Mar 2017 #40

Later in the article is the part I heard discussed csziggy Mar 2017 #51

I would ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LOVE to see Comrades Ryan and McConnell implicated to HIGH HEAVEN! Raster Mar 2017 #22

YES oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #28

Ditto... iluvtennis Mar 2017 #42

Not sure we're that lucky. OliverQ Mar 2017 #47

Oh yes - after seeing those shit-eating smirks on their faces last night smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #49

"Could it even be possible that a damn dam may break after all?" 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #3

It's the coverup that gets them C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #4

between the NYT and the Washington Post bdamomma Mar 2017 #10

I love the smell of Watergate in the morning... dchill Mar 2017 #5

The guys who buy ink by the barrel are in competition to get the most breaking news! shraby Mar 2017 #6

Woohoo! As an old newspaper guy I am so glad to see this. Newspapers know how to actually... brush Mar 2017 #45

This Russian thing is not over bdamomma Mar 2017 #7

I think this is worse than Watergate. femmocrat Mar 2017 #8

Substantively, there's no question about it. annabanana Mar 2017 #9

This makes watergate look like kid's play triron Mar 2017 #61

+1, watergate didn't involve another country IIRC uponit7771 Mar 2017 #12

Yeah, Watergate was internal... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #26

It also seems like quite a coincidence C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #11

pu-tay-ta, pu--tah-ta. . . .I'm just glad it's out there. . .n/t annabanana Mar 2017 #13

me too. bdamomma Mar 2017 #16

april/may mopinko Mar 2017 #18

You're forgiven- You just had a "Sessions Moment." NBachers Mar 2017 #44

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2017 #36

In Watergate's case, the cover up was almost worse than the burglary. jack69 Mar 2017 #15

Watergate was much worse than we might remember. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #19

It would be nice if 48 people in this situation all were found guilty and they were all KGOPrs uponit7771 Mar 2017 #37

And Nixon considered pardoning himself! Samantha Mar 2017 #62

um, the cover-up involved obstruction of justice. So not KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #39

This is treason & it involves Trump & co., Sessions, McConnell, Ryan, et al elias7 Mar 2017 #20

I bet McConnell and Ryan are sweating bullets now, no longer with those smug smiles on their faces. brush Mar 2017 #48

Yes, we can dream elias7 Mar 2017 #66

Certainly has a "1974" smell to it. roamer65 Mar 2017 #21

This is bigger than watergate nt fun n serious Mar 2017 #23

Way. dchill Mar 2017 #60

Local news lead with this story Dem2 Mar 2017 #24

I refuse to get too excited. old guy Mar 2017 #25

Teen Spirit? Zo Zig Mar 2017 #27

The shit is hitting the fan! hrmjustin Mar 2017 #30

If you're not oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #31

No. Watergate was a petty scandal in comparison. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #32

Watergate was NOT "a petty scandal in comparison" It was a KingCharlemagne Mar 2017 #41

Yes. It was grave. GoCubsGo Mar 2017 #46

Smells like treason to me randr Mar 2017 #33

To me too. BainsBane Mar 2017 #65

Worse than. I smell treason. nt joet67 Mar 2017 #34

More like Benedict Arnold. nt CK_John Mar 2017 #35

There is nothing like the smell of a drained swamp in the morning! democratisphere Mar 2017 #38

fingers crossed. spanone Mar 2017 #43

Not there yet. This isn't zentrum Mar 2017 #50

WAY Smellier! joanbarnes Mar 2017 #52

YES MFM008 Mar 2017 #53

LOL! mobeau69 Mar 2017 #54

This is way worse than Watergate IMHO radical noodle Mar 2017 #55

I'm with you old guy. Merrigay Mar 2017 #56

There are some strange defensive tweets being promoted on Twitter tonight. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Mar 2017 #57

Uh-HUH. calimary Mar 2017 #58

it could be simply that Putin sees the media attention ginnyinWI Mar 2017 #64

In many ways it is Watergate 2.0 southerncrone Mar 2017 #59

I know it's already cutting into Trump's post-speech afterglow Skittles Mar 2017 #63

More like a broken sewer line or an overflowing septic tank. raven mad Mar 2017 #67