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dchill

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12. People, people, people! They had no internet.

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Mon Apr 17, 2017, 02:28 AM

Apr 2017

They had no cell phones. They had no Democratic Underground!

And those are all really big deals. They also had a President whose IQ easily doubled that of our current Commander in Thief.

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Reminder: It Took Over 2 Years for the Watergate Scandal to Unfold [View all] Stallion Apr 2017 OP

Yep, but back then it was GWC58 Apr 2017 #1

Which means it will take that much longer to develop a case. People shouldn't expect pnwmom Apr 2017 #4

They also didn't have 7 other countries listening in on Nixon's people askyagerz Apr 2017 #13

But we can't introduce most of that in court, because defendants have the right to confront pnwmom Apr 2017 #14

The courts won't have a say in it askyagerz Apr 2017 #15

Reminder, in 1972 we actually still had actual investigative journalists who believed in the still_one Apr 2017 #2

Some old and some young are finding their journo souls again. Believe. And keep up citizen activism. Hekate Apr 2017 #8

We don't have a smoking gun. By March 1973 we did. LeftInTX Apr 2017 #3

And the break-in happened June 1972. Even with the Dems in charge of Congress, pnwmom Apr 2017 #6

Thanks. People forget how long and hard unravelling Watergate actually was. nt Hekate Apr 2017 #9

I keep reminding people of that Warpy Apr 2017 #5

we need two years, so we can get Nancy in place to be president in 2019 Hamlette Apr 2017 #7

Good reminder but we zentrum Apr 2017 #10

KICK Cha Apr 2017 #11

People, people, people! They had no internet. dchill Apr 2017 #12

But they had a Congress with Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate. pnwmom Apr 2017 #16

I still remember the Watergate investigation Gothmog Apr 2017 #17