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Jarqui

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28. They have never paid a justifiable price

Wed May 10, 2017, 09:22 PM

May 2017

I was elected before I was born. But every Republican president since has been elected with some sort of dirty cloud or worse over them in my opinion:

Nixon - colluding with the North Vietnamese, Watergate
Reagan - US Embassy hostages deal with Iran (Carter got knee capped)
Bush I - Willie Horton ad
Bush II - Chards/Supreme Court, Kerry Swiftboated with bogus ad
Trump - Russia, voting irregularities, FBI Clinton email handling

I do not think the election legacies of Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton or Obama come close to the above in terms of dirty stuff going on.

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Note to Republicans [View all] NanceGreggs May 2017 OP

Nance, It'll work for one election cycle Mr. Ected May 2017 #1

Yes, they have a short attention span. NanceGreggs May 2017 #4

Benedict Arnold comes to mind Marthe48 May 2017 #19

Benedict Arnold will still be the traitor's tag bigbrother05 May 2017 #43

Well said Marthe48 May 2017 #44

The Republicans nearly held the White House in 1976, for TWO crucial reasons. Ken Burch May 2017 #53

We still remember Watergate tavalon May 2017 #36

And hopefully the criminal trials and news will jam the airwaves as a long-serving reminder! VigilantG May 2017 #55

I know a lot of people (including me) who still remember Nixon JPPaverage May 2017 #9

But did the Republicans ever really pay the price for Nixon? mgardener May 2017 #16

They have never paid a justifiable price Jarqui May 2017 #28

Ford's pardon of Nixon meant the repubs. would never pay the price. muntrv May 2017 #41

Not to mention Pelosi's "Off the table" FiveGoodMen May 2017 #50

Yeah, but DT's fed court appts have very long terms, Alice11111 May 2017 #54

Pitchforks torches and rope (NT) The Wizard May 2017 #58

Oh my Alice11111 May 2017 #60

Thrice N/T flotsam May 2017 #2

K&R mcar May 2017 #3

K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone May 2017 #5

++++++++++++++++++ iluvtennis May 2017 #51

The trump supporters do not care about facts or reality Gothmog May 2017 #6

This is an important point! lastlib May 2017 #20

I am stealing "like grape juice on an Easter dress." rzemanfl May 2017 #26

you're welcome to it. lastlib May 2017 #33

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl May 2017 #39

because Marthe48 May 2017 #21

K&R sheshe2 May 2017 #7

Anyone remember "I am not a crook!" SCVDem May 2017 #8

We listened to National Lampoon's Nixon Tapes Marthe48 May 2017 #23

I swear him out every day, SCVDem May 2017 #31

hahaha Marthe48 May 2017 #32

Oh, that was HYSTERICAL! lastlib May 2017 #34

I want to talk to you about the milk Marthe48 May 2017 #37

Hell, I thought after Bush and Iraq the GOP was done. Ligyron May 2017 #10

When we regain some power and reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, news will be held accountable. The Wielding Truth May 2017 #52

Worked tons of Campaigns and Wellstone ruled May 2017 #11

I remember Nixon very well NastyRiffraff May 2017 #12

k&r DesertRat May 2017 #13

Indeed he will be remembered not as Nixon but with as much contempt or more than Benedict Arnold benfranklin1776 May 2017 #14

K&R brer cat May 2017 #15

Wish it would stick, but it won't rpannier May 2017 #17

BTW Sally Yates prosecuted Eric Rudolph, the actual bomber unc70 May 2017 #25

K&R orangecrush May 2017 #18

That, my friends, is a first class major league smack-down. Thanks!! George II May 2017 #22

A big fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy May 2017 #24

K&R n/t rzemanfl May 2017 #27

K&R bdamomma May 2017 #29

E-mails! Benghazi! Still worse! yankeepants May 2017 #30

"My fellow Americans, lets remember that the Republicans once put a traitor in the Oval Office..." William769 May 2017 #35

Is there a single Republican who has stood up and said that this is beyond the pale? GeoWilliam750 May 2017 #38

I edited and sent to my deplorable senators and congressman vlyons May 2017 #40

We can also remind them that drumph was their best candidate. BSdetect May 2017 #42

Like 9/11. Never forget. ffr May 2017 #45

Traitor is the one stench that the American people will not Enoki33 May 2017 #46

I agree NG - Democratic candidates for the foreseeable future will have the opportunity NoMoreRepugs May 2017 #47

K & R Heartstrings May 2017 #48

I am so pleased that more and more people are calling him "Traitor"! Mountain Mule May 2017 #49

Campaign financing by Russians VigilantG May 2017 #56

Unfortunately there aren't many rationally minded The Wizard May 2017 #57

True that. NanceGreggs May 2017 #59

Perhaps they might consider hemlock. (NT) The Wizard May 2017 #61