but if it is anywhere close yes the Democratic party has taken a wrong turn to the right. Time to pull the party to the left and I don't care of the corporate Dems whine about it.

The taping in Watergate actually was the smoking gun and solved partially the crime

Without the tapes, there was nothing.

though, the true meaning of Watergate only recently came out,and it was to cover up the sabatoge Nixon did to the peace talks of 1968.

Nixon enabled the war to last 6 years solely for political benefit of the republican party

There was real public outrage, Nixon was going to be impeached and it was a sure thing. Compared to today the people were out in the streets with torches and pitchforks. No shit, and they have burned him at the stake if he had been spying on every citizen of the country, rubber-stamp Court or not.

No one is in the streets anymore because we use the internet to scream and yell to people who pretty much think like we do.

But it wasn't just Watergate. He used his office to try and destroy his political enemies. He prolonged the war in Vietnam and caused the deaths of countless soldiers and Vietnamese to win reelection.

No matter how many so-called "great things", he did, had he been allowed to serve out his entire 2nd term, there is no telling how much damage the man could have done. No amount of skill or intelligence could compensate for his broken moral compass.

Nixon was an egomaniac who did all to maintain his personal status. Reagan was different. Reagan was a likable dupe who put in place the destruction of the very fabric of our governance. Reagan's crime was far worse than even Nixon's prolonging of the war against Viet Nam.

but Reagan was in office for eight years. I think Nixon was capable of far more damage than he's gotten credit for. He just didn't have enough time to do his worst!

I find it funny that when republicans want to blame Democrats for some "scandal", they compare it to something that a republican president did. You don't hear a lot of "worse than" about FDR, JFK, or Bill Clinton's presidency.

in Watergate, the center for the opposition in an election was stupidly targeted (kinda hard to believe they didnt have 24/7 camera surveillance at a party headquarters). 'stupidly', because he was going to win anyway

in this situation, every verizon call from every single customer is targeted. it's nearly impossible to not be targeted, no matter how unpolitical and ordinary you are

'Totalitarian' is not an overstatement or hyperbole here