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The Velveteen Ocelot

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26. But initially the GOPers defended Nixon and tried to downplay Watergate

Reply to DownriverDem (Reply #22)

Tue May 9, 2017, 09:26 PM

May 2017

as just a "third-rate burglary." IIRC, it wasn't until the Saturday Night Massacre, which was about 16 months after the break-in, that Republicans in Congress started breaking away from Nixon. When the GOPers start stepping in Trump's shit and can't scrape it off their shoes, they'll do the same thing. This event might be the start of it.

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David Frum: "It's a coup." [View all] kpete May 2017 OP

This is not a drill. wildeyed May 2017 #1

It's an attempted coup bucolic_frolic May 2017 #2

Yes. Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre backfired on him. He went down. Emboldened the investigation. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #5

Exactly. herding cats May 2017 #9

Wasn't Nixon facing Democrats? davekriss May 2017 #12

Yes, but it wasn't until Republicans caved that Nixon resigned. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #13

Every moment they wait they drop seats in 2018. byronius May 2017 #15

Yes. Got put pressure on Republicon members to smell tRump's toxic fumes and cough. Repeatedly. . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #16

I've long thought that appointing Chao was a way to co-opt the Turtle worstexever May 2017 #34

Yup. Chao was a payoff. McCONnell is complicit & will not hurt a hair on tRump ass. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #36

This is what I think. DT has a full deck & Scummy Sessions as AG Alice11111 May 2017 #29

Americans don't have a majority in the House OR the Senate. dchill May 2017 #17

TPM reports the Trump WH is surprised DeminPennswoods May 2017 #27

WH stupid enough to believe Dems stupid enough to believe Comey fired for being too hard on Hillary. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #28

At least CNN is calling it clearly! Alice11111 May 2017 #30

No. Trump is a boss who legally fired an underling. Hortensis May 2017 #23

Beautiful post, thank you N/T KatyMan May 2017 #24

Hmmm... him and Gloria Borger said it. BumRushDaShow May 2017 #3

sure it is madokie May 2017 #4

Wow. To have this word spoken so plainly, in America. Barack_America May 2017 #6

If Republicans stand behind Trump, it is a coup. kentuck May 2017 #7

And how are coups stopped? superpatriotman May 2017 #8

Representative Government, Call Now! BBG May 2017 #32

The success of this attempted coup will depend on whether the Senate realizes it's a co-equal branch Hekate May 2017 #10

he may well be right. spanone May 2017 #11

Would that be called unrecusal, disrecusal or... dchill May 2017 #18

If it's a crime, who's going to prosecute it? Wednesdays May 2017 #37

So is this the Tuesday Night Bowling Green Massacre then? calimary May 2017 #14

Please don't make jokes about the dead. dchill May 2017 #19

Good thing Trump didnt lie about sex. Then the GOP would have to do something. L. Coyote May 2017 #20

I thought we knew it was a coup when FatAss installed his cabinet. BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #21

Reminds me of Nixon except DownriverDem May 2017 #22

But initially the GOPers defended Nixon and tried to downplay Watergate The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #26

Yes. Most of these are cold blooded, just give us our tax cuts Alice11111 May 2017 #35

That's sure what it feels like tonight n/t radical noodle May 2017 #25

Here's some relevent info from the New Yorker DeminPennswoods May 2017 #31

At *****LAST***** nt LaydeeBug May 2017 #33