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32. Damn right it is and we need to do something about it!

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Simple question: Is this crisis worse than Watergate? [View all] kentuck May 2017 OP

Yes we had the Congress back then. Demsrule86 May 2017 #1

TTBOOK, Nixon did not conspire with an adversary to steal the Executive branch! L. Coyote May 2017 #55

Nixon had all sorts of things he wanted to do ...we dodge a bullet...but nothing he actually Demsrule86 May 2017 #57

Exponentially so....nt 2naSalit May 2017 #2

This Cosmocat May 2017 #8

Yes, Nixon was a paranoid crook. lapfog_1 May 2017 #3

Way worse Johnny2X2X May 2017 #4

YEP Cosmocat May 2017 #9

Yes! nt frogmarch May 2017 #23

Agreed. I was 18 then and it's still in accessible memory banks. Kittycow May 2017 #29

I think it is... Wounded Bear May 2017 #5

Most definitely! redwitch May 2017 #6

But not nearly as bad as a blowjob in the Oval Office. Orrex May 2017 #7

Or the proverbial... 2naSalit May 2017 #14

Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #10

The New York Times scooped the Post on occasion. mahatmakanejeeves May 2017 #26

No, never got to the garage. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #38

Yes it is much worse. gademocrat7 May 2017 #11

Yes. hamsterjill May 2017 #12

There's nobody to save us. Kittycow May 2017 #34

Yes zipplewrath May 2017 #13

Yes. WhiteTara May 2017 #15

far, far worse. mopinko May 2017 #16

Exactly The Blue Flower May 2017 #61

There is no doubt. dalton99a May 2017 #17

In my estimation yes Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #18

it's an abomination of it's own scale. spanone May 2017 #19

We don't know yet. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #20

Also worth noting Kentonio May 2017 #25

We DO know. WinkyDink May 2017 #50

No, we don't even know if there is an issue, we think so, but..... CK_John May 2017 #21

You're kidding, right?! Flynn's ADMITTED to being a foreign agent. Manafort WinkyDink May 2017 #49

Speak for yourself- I trust DiFi, Waters and that Stuart Smalley and not Kellyanne or Spicer. bettyellen May 2017 #62

Yes. The crime is worse - and we obviously have less means today to remove this criminal President. ElementaryPenguin May 2017 #22

Simple Answer: yes. Exponentially so. nt SticksnStones May 2017 #24

YES!!!! Doreen May 2017 #27

I wasn't alive during Watergate but it seems worse. nycbos May 2017 #28

Much much worse msdogi May 2017 #30

Welcome to DU wryter2000 May 2017 #73

I think so JustAnotherGen May 2017 #31

Damn right it is and we need to do something about it! democratisphere May 2017 #32

yes, much larger if you confine attention to "Watergate" itself jberryhill May 2017 #33

M.U.C.H. FiveGoodMen May 2017 #35

I wonder if Weather Underground -types and other Kittycow May 2017 #40

The 60s are over. The current "subversives" are in our Executive branch. WinkyDink May 2017 #45

So this generation just lets it go by? Kittycow May 2017 #47

Then you are confusing protests with anarchic violence. WinkyDink May 2017 #52

I think I have them lumped together. Kittycow May 2017 #54

I think that whoever has the big weapons on their side wins, these days FiveGoodMen May 2017 #68

That makes sense. Kittycow May 2017 #69

No need to be sorry. FiveGoodMen May 2017 #76

I hope the same. Kittycow May 2017 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author Kittycow May 2017 #36

Definitely Jarqui May 2017 #37

Way worse - the whole damn party is in on it. Initech May 2017 #39

But my mom said trump was redeemable. Kittycow May 2017 #46

Treason? A coup by a foreign enemy? Why is this even a question? WinkyDink May 2017 #41

Yes, for the reasons you cite. yardwork May 2017 #42

Yes. tallahasseedem May 2017 #43

It's numerous orders of magnitude worse. GoCubsGo May 2017 #44

Yes infinitely worse workinclasszero May 2017 #48

I also followed Watergate closely. Probably still have some of the newspapers. Trump. Is. Worse. nt Hekate May 2017 #51

Thank you. Boomers are good for something: We lived through interesting WinkyDink May 2017 #53

I was glued to the Watergate hearings, paid attention to every detail. WA POst too. L. Coyote May 2017 #56

Infinitely worse. I'm going to get into trouble again seeming to defend Nixon, but... TreasonousBastard May 2017 #58

I agree LeftInTX May 2017 #107

This is much much worse. old guy May 2017 #59

Worse than Watergate? I would say... yuiyoshida May 2017 #60

IL drumpf has already begun the process of destruction The Blue Flower May 2017 #63

Most diehard Republicans now see nothing wrong with what Nixon did. Oneironaut May 2017 #64

YES, because it involves TREASON Martin Eden May 2017 #65

Here is one reason Russiagate is worse than Watergate workinclasszero May 2017 #66

If congress fails to act it is bighart May 2017 #67

Two orders of magnitude worse madokie May 2017 #70

Yes mcar May 2017 #71

The underlying crime is far, far worse than Watergate wryter2000 May 2017 #72

Yes. The White House occupant is a lot crazier. (nt) Paladin May 2017 #74

Don't know yet. We didn't know how "worse" Watergate was at first, either. TygrBright May 2017 #75

I think it's far worse. LisaM May 2017 #77

I remember the Saturday Night Massacre in 73. Koch Ebola May 2017 #78

Without a doubt! BlueJac May 2017 #79

Much worse. Nixon was going to win handily and did not sell out to foreign adversary. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #81

Message deleted by DU the Administrators redstatebluegirl May 2017 #82

Yes. Five reasons. CanonRay May 2017 #83

Watergate was about interfering in the election Voltaire2 May 2017 #110

Yes, but it had little or no impact CanonRay May 2017 #111

The Nixon administration used the executive Voltaire2 May 2017 #112

We survived Nixon and Watergate. Not so sure we will survive this with a GOP Congress world wide wally May 2017 #84

two reasons... Javaman May 2017 #85

Yes, Watergate was straight up dirty partisan politics. This appears to be treason for hire. OregonBlue May 2017 #86

Yes. This President has no sense of decency. ginnyinWI May 2017 #87

IMO, yes. Because the admin. may be a puppet admin. for an enemy foreign nation. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #88

No question. volstork May 2017 #89

Yes radical noodle May 2017 #90

Yes, it is. LudwigPastorius May 2017 #91

Yes LVNVblue May 2017 #92

that's almost a rhetorical question mnmoderatedem May 2017 #93

Order of magnitude worse. byronius May 2017 #94

No...Trump is not Nixon.... Sancho May 2017 #95

It is, because back then Bettie May 2017 #96

And it's another Republican created crisis. ffr May 2017 #97

I think so because of Congress being so divided lunatica May 2017 #98

Yes. Watergate was a 3rd rate burglary & its coverup. This is treason & the security of our catbyte May 2017 #99

Back when GOP feared an insurgent liberal from a small state IronLionZion May 2017 #100

Yes Moral Compass May 2017 #101

yes MFM008 May 2017 #102

Yes Auggie May 2017 #103

Yes both the crimes and the GOP is putting Party before country. That Guy 888 May 2017 #104

That isn't a "simple" question. onenote May 2017 #105

It's much worse, because it involves foreign collusion with an avowed enemy. Texin May 2017 #106

Underlying crime is worse DeminPennswoods May 2017 #108

Simple answer: Yes. tavalon May 2017 #109