I Witnessed Nixon's Downfalland I've Got a Warning for Trump
RICHARD BEN-VENISTE
JUN 23, 2017
... I’m reminded of .. Marx’s .. observation: “History repeats itself: first as tragedy, second as farce.” I was a .. witness to .. Nixon’s .. downfall as president, and I’ve .. contemplated whether a repeat of his “Saturday Night Massacre” may .. be in the offing ... Trump would do well to .. avoid his presidency’s descent into a quasi-Watergate parody ...
... Although Nixon ordered the special prosecutor’s office abolished and commanded the FBI to seize our office and files, we remained employed by the Justice Department. Homeless, leaderless, and dazed .. we brushed ourselves off and vowed to continue our work in whatever capacity we could.
It was only a matter of days .. until .. public and congressional outrage .. forced Nixon to reverse course and promise to obey court orders ... We returned to our office and were reunited with our files, and a new special prosecutor .. was .. appointed to lead the .. inquiry. Amid all the furor .. the public correctly asked .. “What was Nixon hiding?” The answer was not long in coming: a lot. The tapes proved Nixon was not only a liar, but also an early leader of a plot to obstruct the investigation of .. the DNC break-in ...
The question is not whether Trump can fire Mueller — it is whether it would be a misuse of executive power for him to do so. Should Trump let Mueller go, it would spark a constitutional crisis the likes of which the country has not seen in four decades. The business of Congress would grind to a halt and the stock market would suffer a shock. With Comey’s dismissal as the backdrop, there could be an immediate resolution introduced in the House for Trump’s impeachment for attempting to obstruct a lawful, ongoing criminal investigation ...
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Most of us baby boomers were around for that debacle.
How is Trump going to learn from other people's mistakes when he can't even learn from his own?
The guy is in free-fall now, he's taking everybody down with him.
If Mueller gets half a chance, the entire Republican Party will self destruct.
Who paid attention he was probably too busy buying properties, avoiding STDs, discriminating against blacks and being a narcissistic jerk to catch the details.
It's rather hard to learn when you're not paying attention but I think it goes further than that with him. Like others before him whose downfalls were big, he thinks he's smarter than others as well as rich and powerful enough to do whatever he darn well pleases. 
I think this is where Nixon messed up and now where Trump is.
(those are previous posters, not my response!! 
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Great responses from both of you. There is a serious difference between the Repugs of the 70s' and now.
They were honorable people then - willing to PROTECT the constitution and serve the VOTERS, not the party supporters - and do their job in the interest of our nation, not their wallets.
Now? HAH!!
