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murielm99

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10. The crime was small.

Reply to Mister Ed (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 14, 2017, 12:51 AM

Dec 2017

The coverup is what cost Nixon the Presidency.

Yes, he was human and deeply flawed. As smart as he was, he never thought he was good enough. He was jealous and felt deeply inferior to people like JFK.

Nixon could have been a great President. But he did sneaky things and held deep grudges. I wish he could have kept his flaws in check. It would have been so much better for our country.

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It looks and smells like Watergate. [View all] Stuart G Dec 2017 OP

I see a duck. MFM008 Dec 2017 #1

"Im Not a Crook" The Public Face and Private Political Reality of Richard M. Nixon L. Coyote Dec 2017 #2

I remember that press conference Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 #4

Stuart G, I'm 63 years old and I remember it all. pdxflyboy Dec 2017 #3

One major difference, though: Pope George Ringo II Dec 2017 #5

Re: I didn't want to believe Nixon was behind the whole thing. But he was. SFnomad Dec 2017 #6

It will be worse. roamer65 Dec 2017 #7

Yep, no comparison. This will easily eclipse Watergate. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #8

One way this could be better than Nixon../ Watergate. Stuart G Dec 2017 #11

There's no comparison. Nixon was human. Mister Ed Dec 2017 #9

The crime was small. murielm99 Dec 2017 #10