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5. Well, history could repeat itself

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue Oct 31, 2017, 11:32 AM

Oct 2017

Very few people remember the name Alexander Butterfield, who was a rather obscure staffer in the Nixon White House. But I remember watching the Watergate Hearings when Butterfield confirmed the existence of the Oval Office recordings (hinted at earlier by John Dean), which eventually led to the fall of the Nixon administration.

So, I would never slough off even the most miniscule witnesses.

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I would love for the low-level coffee boy to bring trump down..... [View all] spanone Oct 2017 OP

Revenge of Covfefe Boy C_U_L8R Oct 2017 #1

WINNER! calimary Oct 2017 #9

I hope all that coffee made him alert to what was going on around him lame54 Oct 2017 #2

Doesn't matter what George the coffee boy SAYS; lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #4

I hope he has security Sophiegirl Oct 2017 #3

Well, history could repeat itself Wednesdays Oct 2017 #5

I remember Butterfield. murielm99 Oct 2017 #6

Not as low as President Carter's Killer Rabbit but low enough populistdriven Oct 2017 #7

Next up: "Trump team now says Sessions was only a cookie elf." . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #8

Not terribly bright to demean someone providing information about you to the FBI. Chakaconcarne Oct 2017 #10