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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:17 AM Jan 2017

Who remembers the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre by Nixon ?

I sure do! It was during Watergate, and he had to resign eventually in 1974.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

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Who remembers the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre by Nixon ? (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2017 OP

We've been talking about this all evening. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #1

wow that's good and bad....hope Trump meets the same fate and SOON! nt steve2470 Jan 2017 #2

I remember it well. nancy1942 Jan 2017 #3

Good times. dflprincess Jan 2017 #4

I remember seeing the buttons and stickers saying. . . DinahMoeHum Jan 2017 #5

I do burrowowl Jan 2017 #6

First thing that entered my mind. spiderpig Jan 2017 #7

deja vu in full bloom (nt) Jersey Devil Jan 2017 #8

I do Daphne08 Jan 2017 #9

I was in college. Watergate was an exercise by comparison. A drill. This is WheelWalker Jan 2017 #10

The Wikipedia article about the Saturday Night massacre has a paragraph about today! csziggy Jan 2017 #11

I sure do. Plus, the Watergate hearings were on the radio everywhere you went n/t Tess49 Jan 2017 #12

It took Richard Nixon four years and nine months to get to this point. Staph Jan 2017 #13

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

1. We've been talking about this all evening.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:18 AM

Jan 2017

Richard Ben Veniste was on MSNBC a little while ago, and he seemed to think this was worse.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

2. wow that's good and bad....hope Trump meets the same fate and SOON! nt

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:19 AM

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nancy1942

(635 posts)

3. I remember it well.

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:24 AM

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dflprincess

(28,079 posts)

4. Good times.

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:28 AM

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Back when we thought it couldn't get worse than Nixon.

Now there are no sane Republicans who will see the handwriting on the wall and tell Trump and Bannon to get out.

DinahMoeHum

(21,794 posts)

5. I remember seeing the buttons and stickers saying. . .

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:28 AM

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burrowowl

(17,641 posts)

6. I do

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:30 AM

Jan 2017

but most of the Repugs in congress have no sense of defense of the Constitution or sense of honor.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)

7. First thing that entered my mind.

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:31 AM

Jan 2017

After that, things went downhill fast for Tricky Dicky.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)

8. deja vu in full bloom (nt)

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:33 AM

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Daphne08

(3,058 posts)

9. I do

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:36 AM

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WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

10. I was in college. Watergate was an exercise by comparison. A drill. This is

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:36 AM

Jan 2017

happening in real time. Like TV's 24. This is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

11. The Wikipedia article about the Saturday Night massacre has a paragraph about today!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:39 AM

Jan 2017

Impact and legacy

<SNIP>

President Donald Trump's dismissal of acting Attorney General Sally Yates in 2017, and the immediately subsequent further dismissals and resignations of Justice Department and other law enforcement officials, was similarly referred to as the Monday Night Massacre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

Tess49

(1,580 posts)

12. I sure do. Plus, the Watergate hearings were on the radio everywhere you went n/t

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:40 AM

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Staph

(6,251 posts)

13. It took Richard Nixon four years and nine months to get to this point.

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:55 AM

Jan 2017

It took Donald Trump ten days!

Fastest President evah!

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