FBI raids Mar-a-Lago
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Trump needs to stop appealing to regime lies such as Watergate, which was more similar to the Russia hoax. It doesn't work and reinforces the enemy's frame. This is closer to Waco except they aren't blowing up his children yet.
Breaking into a psychologist's office to dig up dirt on a potential political opponent, covering it up, and paying tens of thousands of dollars in hush money isn't the same as the Russia Hoax.
There was never any evidence of the alleged CompriMat that the FSB had.
The Plumbers were long-time, well-connected, political activists who had been engaging in criminal activity at least on the orders of the Nixon cabinet, were physically caught, and deliveries of hush money were absolutely made.
You can claim that Nixon didn't know, or that he was impeached on other things, but the Watergate break-in and cover-up was far more legitimate than the Russia Hoax.
Watergate was a politically motivated hit job and Nixon's only mistake was not being paranoid enough.
Nah, Nixon's mistake was allowing China to have a seat on the U.N instead of Taiwan.
Now that, I can agree with.
Well, I agree that the Watergate break-in was a politically motivated hit job, for sure.
Okay. Who did it?
The thing about Watergate is that the public was less jaded. They were shocked, shocked that information would be gathered in this manner. Today, they'd just get whatever information they wanted -- probably don't need a break in when you can get a court order for it, or the guy will just leak it to you. And they wouldn't display any shame for gathering dirt on a political opponent. Nor would the public be shocked. The difference today is the public knows that crooks are running the place. Perhaps they accept the MSM blinders on the details, but the public does not assume the good character of the people around the President.
In other words, the Watergate crimes were real and the accusation that Trump "colluded" with Russia to do whatever the fable is supposed to be is a lie.
Absolutely. I see the arguments that Nixon didn't know anything about Watergate, but I don't believe it seeing how he conducted himself regularly against his opponents. Even if he didn't know, it was still his staff that did it. And they really did actually break the law, commit real burglaries, and he really did try to cover it up.
So yeah, real-life, no-shit, actual crimes; versus allegations of colluding, which were actually allegations of being vulnerable, which were founded on complete fiction, sourced by political opposition, and were supported by governmental corruption.
The biggest problem of the Russia Collusion nonsense, is how many federal agencies, judges, and staff colluded into breaking federal law to propagate it.
How did MSNBC get Trumps tax returns again? Oh that's right, someone stole it from a federal court proceeding where the documents were supposed to be sealed to all but the parties involved.
Right. I can understand why all the corporate press was after the Teflon Don because they were all proven to be absolutely wrong and transparently partisan regarding the 2016 election, and they weren't about to let 2020 get away from them. So they put the heat on Trump for his entire term and beyond.
The Alphabet Agencies . . . my guess is that they are routinely involved, with the cooperation of the press, in the selection and advancement of particular Presidential candidates (Clinton for one example) and Trump's team left them out of the process; in fact, he threatened their job security with all his bluster about swamp draining. They must have compliant Presidents to serve whatever their interests may be. This may be why soon after gaining office any campaign pledges regarding cutting bureaucracy are forgotten.
Now in gearing up for his third run he's getting specific about how many bureaucratic sinecures he plans on eliminating. I'll bet this is getting a lot of jaws grinding and is behind the raid on his house.
If they try to go for the children, use Jared as a human shield and ensure Ivanka is first in line.