All the Hallmarks of Nixon's First Watergate Speech

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:03 PM
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All the Hallmarks of Nixon's First Watergate Speech

Combative, desperate, and ultimately futile.

http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/Modern_Presidents/nixon_speeches.htm#Second_presidential_term

- Dave

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eppur_se_muova

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:16 PM
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1. Can we refer to this from now on as "Bu**sh**'s First Impeachment Speech"? nt

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:18 PM
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3. Might As Well Get a Jump on the Historians! n/t

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mikelgb

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:45 PM
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8. that was his oath of office n/t

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Tansy_Gold

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:16 PM
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2. Yeah, but even Nixon gave lip service to the idea of

staff testifying --

"And, with ground rules adopted that would preserve the basic constitutional separation of powers between the Congress and the Presidency, I directed that members of the White House Staff should appear and testify voluntarily under oath before the Senate committee which was investigating Watergate.

"I was determined that we should get to the bottom of the matter, and that the truth should be fully brought out�no matter who was involved.

"At the same time, I was determined not to take precipitate action and to avoid, if at all possible, any action that would appear to reflect on innocent people. I wanted to be fair. But I knew that in the final analysis, the integrity of this office�public faith in the integrity of this office�would have to take priority over all personal considerations."

(from the First Watergate Speech, per the website you posted)

booooosh, slimy piece of shit that he is, can't even do that. What an asshole. What a stupid, disgusting, lying asshole.

Tansy Gold

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:19 PM
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4. Those Are the Precise Comparisons...

... that the press will begin to make.

What if John Dean hadn't testified under oath?

; )

- Dave

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Tansy_Gold

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:31 PM
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5. Okay, Olbermann, you better get John Dean on tonight!

Yeah, Dave, I was thinking the same thing. I can still see those b&w images in my memory, but am wondering -- Lawrence O'Donnell notwithstanding -- how much spine the 2007 "press" will have even about this. Olbermann probably, tweety maybe, but the rest?????

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:40 PM
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6. GOP Senators Facing Re-Election in '08...

... are sweating bullets today.

As for the MSM, I think that in the post-Libby world, there is more skittishness about missing out on the snowballing story than there is a desire to hang back. Just judging by how many cameras are camped out on Capitol Hill these days, which is always a good sign.

; )

- Dave

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rasputin1952

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Tue Mar-20-07 05:44 PM
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7. I wondered if Cheney's phlebitis was the shot across the bow for

his stepping down "for health reasons", setting up the Nixon scenario all over again; put in a moderate R that can't be impugned, like a Ford type....then the bricks fall on bush and out he goes.

The interesting part of this is that if bush gets impeached and convicted, and Cheney isn't gone, w/a
17% approval rating Cheney couldn't take a dump w/o being spat upon....:D

If they both go, Pelosi becomes president....:)

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:07 PM
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9. I'll Go out on a Limb...

... and say that - if that scenario unfolds - Gonzales won't be the replacement nominee.

; )

- Dave

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rasputin1952

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:18 PM
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10. LOL !!!

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bobbolink

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:34 PM
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13. DAMN! ANother balloon popped!

:silly:

TO THE HAGUE!

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radfringe

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Wed Mar-21-07 03:50 AM
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24. Speaking of the HAGUE

Blair, Bush could face probe at The Hague
Gethin Chamberlain, London
March 19, 2007
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/blair-bush-could-face-probe-at-the-hague/2007/03/18/1174152881638.html#

TONY Blair could face the prospect of an International Criminal Court investigation for alleged coalition war crimes in Iraq.

The court's chief prosecutor said at the weekend that he would be willing to launch an inquiry and could envisage a scenario in which the British Prime Minister and US President George Bush could one day face charges at The Hague.

--snip--

Mr Moreno-Ocampo said it was frustrating that the court was viewed in the Arab world as biased in favour of the West.

Asked whether he could envisage a situation in which Mr Blair and Mr Bush found themselves in the dock answering charges of war crimes in Iraq, he replied: "Of course, that could be a possibility � whatever country joins the court can know that whoever commits a crime in their country could be prosecuted by me."

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bobbolink

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:33 PM
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12. "then the bricks fall on bush"

I like that!

:bounce: :party: :bounce: :party:

OK, back down to earth.... * is just the puppet... bricks falling on him would only damage a few strings.

BOING!

We need the men behind the curtain!

That's why impeachment is soooo important!

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rasputin1952

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:53 PM
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15. Just for the fun of it....

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Joe Fields

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:24 PM
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11. As someone old enough to remember, I, too thought that very thing.

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 07:12 PM
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16. Even for Those of Us Who Don't Have Firsthand Recollections...

... the stock footage remains powerful.

Believe it or not, that footage is still played in many college courses on the Presidency.

: )

Those who forget their history...

- Dave

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Patsy Stone

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Tue Mar-20-07 06:38 PM
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14. This still makes Nixon look like a saint in comparison.

:hi:

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Tue Mar-20-07 07:27 PM
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17. Indeed, Even though Nixon was lying through his teeth,

at least his tone was somewhat cooperative. Not so with the slime that's squatting in today's White House!

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Patsy Stone

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Tue Mar-20-07 08:08 PM
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21. He knew what he needed to say

and he knew how to say it. Unlike this current moron, he knew how to appear humbled and convincingly take responsibility -- even while lying.

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 07:28 PM
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18. Smarter, Too! n/t

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Patsy Stone

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Tue Mar-20-07 08:02 PM
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19. Absolutely

Edited on Tue Mar-20-07 08:04 PM by Patsy Stone

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=459432&mesg_id=459459

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CorpGovActivist

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Tue Mar-20-07 08:06 PM
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20. What a GREAT Bumper Sticker!

:rofl:

A picture really is worth a thousand words.

- Dave

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Raksha

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Tue Mar-20-07 08:11 PM
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22. I've been thinking about Watergate a lot today.

Gee, I wonder why. :sarcasm:

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Tue Mar-20-07 08:37 PM
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23. Complete with Its Own...

... Saturday Night Massacre, writ large in 8 out of 93 US Attorneys' Offices.

- Dave

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