2016 Postmortem

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:26 PM Oct 2016

I'm old enough to remember "The Saturday Night Massacre" during Watergate

I don't think anything I've seen comes as close to it as what has transpired the last 24 hrs. We all knew Nixon was a crook. His actions just confirmed what most everyone believed. Once again, we all knew trump was a prick this just confirms it. Thoughts?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

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I'm old enough to remember "The Saturday Night Massacre" during Watergate (Original Post) Va Lefty Oct 2016 OP

That's been my very thought today. Nothing like it except Watergate and the SNM. WheelWalker Oct 2016 #1

I cut my political teeth watching Watergate unfold. Lochloosa Oct 2016 #2

John Chancellor saying, "I never thought I would be announcing these things." longship Oct 2016 #3

I remember the national argument over sending Hortensis Oct 2016 #4

Excellent point Va Lefty Oct 2016 #5

Oh, yes. It's absolutely QUITE a national moment. Hortensis Oct 2016 #6

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)

1. That's been my very thought today. Nothing like it except Watergate and the SNM.

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:33 PM

Oct 2016

Lochloosa

(16,065 posts)

2. I cut my political teeth watching Watergate unfold.

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:39 PM

Oct 2016

14 year's old and found it fascinating. You right. Even Bush/Gore doesn't seem this weird.

longship

(40,416 posts)

3. John Chancellor saying, "I never thought I would be announcing these things."

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 07:02 PM

Oct 2016

His report on the Saturday Night Massacre is iconic.

The House introduced bills for impeachment hearings the following week.

It was an astounding day.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

4. I remember the national argument over sending

Reply to Va Lefty (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 07:07 PM

Oct 2016

Nixon to prison or pardoning him. This is all very dramatic, way too bizarre to make a credible political novel (although it might fit the style of someone like Carl Hiaasen), but I just don't see it as as big as removing a president guilty of a whole series of major crimes and even treason from the oval office.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

5. Excellent point

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 07:12 PM

Oct 2016

just saying I don't remember a moment that changes the narrative like this. Maybe Hart/ Rice.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

6. Oh, yes. It's absolutely QUITE a national moment.

Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 07:24 PM

Oct 2016

At least Gary Hart wasn't our nominee, and we weren't a month out from election day. And no vulgar language was involved, not that that would have had more impact on Democrats than several decades of very well known womanizing.

I've spent decades living among strong conservatives, and years from now I expect they will still be trading stories about where they were when they heard Trump had used (lowered voice) "the P word."

Lol, joking, but not really joking.

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