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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Fri May 17, 2019, 10:31 PM May 2019

Deja vu all over again...1974 Nixon political cartoon proves that history DOES repeat itself.

Michael Beschloss
@BeschlossDC

In this 1974 Herblock cartoon, Nixon says, "Listen, are you going to be loyal to me or to that (expletive deleted) Constitution?"






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Deja vu all over again...1974 Nixon political cartoon proves that history DOES repeat itself. (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2019 OP
Deja vu Hekate May 2019 #1
except in 1974 the gop could be depicted as uncomfortable being asked that. unblock May 2019 #2
the difference is barbtries May 2019 #3
Why, if it isn't law-and-order man sandensea May 2019 #4
bush said it was just a piece of paper. George II May 2019 #5
Correction: he said it was a "G-- D----- pice of paper." lastlib May 2019 #7
I was thinking about Nixon earlier today BigmanPigman May 2019 #6
Hugh Haynie alfredo May 2019 #8
They keep forgetting that pesky New Testament too... czarjak May 2019 #9
And it's always the GOP that betrays the Constitution. Kablooie May 2019 #10
a classic real Cannabis calm May 2019 #11

unblock

(52,277 posts)
2. except in 1974 the gop could be depicted as uncomfortable being asked that.
Fri May 17, 2019, 10:35 PM
May 2019

today's republican party is all-in for donald fraud.

some will say that republicans were all-in for nixon until it all fell apart, but that's rather overstating it. yes, he had quite a lot of support within his party in washington until just weeks before he resigned, but there was always a sense that there were a number of republicans who would stand up and do the right thing.

today the only republicans who even bother to pretend they'll ever do the right thing are the ones who have already announced retirement.

lastlib

(23,259 posts)
7. Correction: he said it was a "G-- D----- pice of paper."
Fri May 17, 2019, 11:52 PM
May 2019


(I guess it was after he wiped his filthy arse with it....)

BigmanPigman

(51,615 posts)
6. I was thinking about Nixon earlier today
Fri May 17, 2019, 10:53 PM
May 2019

and realized that he NEVER felt he committed any crimes and NEVER had to pay the price for that. Resigning doesn't count in my book. When David Frost interviewed him a few years after he resigned Nixon did say that a president can't be guilty of committing a crime because he is the POTUS. David Frost wasn't expecting that response, you could tell from the look on his face.

I want tRump to pay the price for his crimes and I want his family to as well. I want the most cruel punishment possible because he is the most sadistic POTUS we have ever had. What is the punishment for TREASON? Yes, I know what the punishment is and that is what I want him to receive.

Kablooie

(18,637 posts)
10. And it's always the GOP that betrays the Constitution.
Sat May 18, 2019, 01:33 AM
May 2019

I don't think Dems have ever been in that predicament.

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