It might be time for me to rewatch this. I remember these men from the show, they operate quietly in the background just like in this situation. It’s almost a bit too real.
Fifty-two years later, we discover what we have long suspected: Republicans’ IQs have only plummeted. They are dumber now than they were during Watergate.
Looking in from the outside, it very much seems that all American IQs have plummeted. The US has been hijacked by fascists and nazis and you're still wondering if it's ok to call them that.
I find the comparison of Nixon to Trump to be interesting. They both harbored deep resentment and feelings of inferiority. But Nixon was actually very smart, whereas Trump is a drooling, knuckle-dragging, deer-in-the-headlights-stupid moron.
Michelle Obama reminded us that she’d been at the table with some of these world leaders and they were not very smart. We’re facing a biblical plague of them in our country now.
Who would've thought what is essentially a popularity contest, in a country where more than half of all people 16+ have 6th grade level reading comprehension, would've turned out so poorly?
Are you arguing that MAGA didn't send us their best people? They're sending people that have lots of propblems, and they're bringing those problems with us? They're bringing drugs? They're bringing crime? They're rapists? And some... I assume... are good people?
By their own logic regarding immigrants, in stating the things you are, we cannot assume there are any good ones. They must all be rounded up regardless of good or bad and sent to El Salvador where they can file a Habeas petition in person in Texas.
They aren’t bright but Putin is. They are being lead by the nose to destroy America as quickly as possible. Putin is thrilled, everything is going according to plan.
A field trip to he beach to build sand castles and learn about rising tides.
"Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way."
And it really didn't have to stop
It just kept on going
And so castles made of sand
Slips into the sea eventually
These people are part of the International Crime Syndicate. They stress tested each branch of our govt last time & told us all they'd be back for keeps
Blackmail, death/rape threats & bribery is their way. Just like in Putin's Russia
Rank stupidity makes mean people more dangerous, not less so.
Let's be real, though. The guys we are saying aren't very bright aren't the only people whose minds are at play here. There are very smart and ruthless people involved.
It’s called positional power. White men are fighting to retain their entitlement to positional power, the power they hold simply by virtue of their position. Not for a meritocracy, or even a plutocracy. They are fighting to defend against the imposition of meritocracy implicit to DEI.
They are insurgents just like the Taliban. They fought hard to get control of the government,but really do not know how to govern. Any mistakes will be ignored or blamed on their opposition. The cult will never give up until they lower our standard of living to match their freaking IQs.
Everyone telling me it was Waltz go fuck off. I read the article. There is no confirmation Waltz actually pressed the keys. It could have been a staffer.
Push for more infighting. Say it was an inside job. Who added the journalist? Waltz? Maybe Bessent? maybe even JD Vance to try to screw over Trump so he's the heir apparent?
If there's a staffer with access to Waltz's Signal account then we have a second different security problem here. Because that person could impersonate him at any time in this chat.
As a professional, if one of my employees does something completely idiotic I take responsibility. I either hired somebody incompetent or didn’t train them properly. It’s on me and I don’t get to get out of it by saying that this dumbass that I hired is a dumbass.
Nixon and his pals were Boy Scouts in comparison. But most importantly, there were GOP Senators (Howard Baker, Barry Goldwater, Lowell Wicker et al) who put country above party. Those were the days!!
Most German fascists were not very bright. Don't stop worrying it's inherent to fascism. Their ideology is following someone without reasonably thinking about it.
When the end passes and the dust rests in its place, we will learn that there was really nothing to learn about Trump and the people around him. There was no there there or even over there somewhere. Nope. No there’s anywhere
I spent most of my life thinking people who worked in government were smarter than me because... well, it made sense that they should be so I just assumed.
Whoops.
They've always been mostly idiots.
Now we have no Woodward and Bernstein, and an ocean full of G. Gordon Liddys.
So you've never worked in government or a corporation? Maybe 50% of the people doing the actual work are competent and smart. Almost everyone in a position of authority is an idiot. Every day you talk them out of doing something stupid. If you talk them into doing something smart, they take credit.
But would Iran Contra have happened if Nixon had gone to jail? Most of the people around Reagan were ex-Nixon. If their original imperial POTUS had wound up in Club Fed, they might have done things a little differently. Or not gotten involved at all.
Trumps people are Nixon-ites! They don’t believe he should have resigned. He did nothing wrong. The current Federalist Society and Heritage Fdn was built around Nixon’s people.
He was an extremely popular 2 term prez amongst the anti LBJ/Civil rights people.
I'm aware. The same names keep cropping up in the GOP national leadership time and time again. Cheney, FFS. Same ilk. And if Nixon had gone to jail as he should've, I'm not sure that imperial presidency cabal would've survived it.
My earliest memory of politics is the Watergate hearings. They interrupted my Saturday morning cartoons & drove me nuts. That impelled me, when I was in high school, to read All the President's Men and start to understand what Watergate WAS. And who was involved. And the same names kept cropping up.
There were consequences for a lot of Nixon's people, I'm not disputing that. But the guy who created and encouraged the dirty tricks culture? He went back to Cali and hung out on the beach.
His approval numbers were high before Watergate, and he was already in his second term. It made no strategic sense, which is surprising because the Republican party, for all their MANY faults, are always focused on strategy to secure the next win.
I don’t think they quite understood yet how the Civil Rights movement had rearranged the coalition structure of the parties and basically put an end to New Deal era Democratic Party dominance.
Another thing I wonder about: if Nixon had the right wing social media infra to keep his supporters in line (as opposed to everyone watching Cronkite), he may not have resigned.
One day the Fox staff realized lying brought in more money ... and it was easy. They could ingratiate themselves to powerful men while hiding behind the First Amendment. "Perfect" they thought. "We'll do this from now on".
And, we all know this is how Trump wanted it. He values loyalty over any other quality. Knowing the history of trump, he enjoys surrounding himself with fawning sycophants. Another event will occur soon. The fools spend more time using their work-arounds than actually doing anything.
The thing is, the legacy media KNOWS these aren’t very bright guys. But they continue to treat them like they are because they don’t know how to deal with the hurricane of crap we are in without first normalizing it.
The big difference between then and now is that then, the guys actually saw themselves as patriots while these days they see themselves as proudly amoral masters of the universe with no ties to anything other than self-interest.
The American people are the dim ones if they are going through this again. Many of us lived through the Pentagon Papers years. I can't believe the older Americans are doing this to our country. Fucking disgusting how lazy, forgetful, and mean Americans are.
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How have we not tried Trump and Musk for conspiracy?
I’m a news junkie. I don’t watch reality shows and rarely watch sports.
FOTUS has been brainwashing his followers into believing that Putin is our friend for a decade. The weak-minded bought his tripe.
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but not as funny
Lutnick
aka
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Dictator donny
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MIKEY
the defunct
My Pillow Guy,
luckily
with any hope
he'll be just as broke...
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The proof is.
What does Trump do that hurts Americans?
What does Trump do that hurts Russians?
It literally is repeating itself.
Incompetence and arrogance are standard with these hoofwanking bunglefucks.
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It's happening again and again; when will we stop this regime???
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These guys are thick as 💩
If your grand/parents hated Nixon and voted against him twice they probably aren’t raging racists and probably aren’t MAGA.
If they didn’t. Well. The MAGA base grand/parents voted for Nixon. TWICE.
Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run.... RUSSIA IS RUNNING DOGE
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-leadership-elon-musk-amy-gleason-trump-ethics-conflict-of-interest
"Look, a golden winged ship is passing my way."
And it really didn't have to stop
It just kept on going
And so castles made of sand
Slips into the sea eventually
Blackmail, death/rape threats & bribery is their way. Just like in Putin's Russia
Rank stupidity makes mean people more dangerous, not less so.
This didn't happen on accident.
It was planned out.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/trump-attack-on-bidens-competence-misspells-incompetent.html
Whoever your opponent is, they are subject to fears and stupidity too.
These guys are your grade C bros and chicks who think organization of a weekend keg party is a worthy and impressive task.
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All to benefit the first felon and the war criminal.
The first mafiosi caves with blowback. Call your congressmen, protest, volunteer, donate.
As long as some drink up the lies… they think they can get away with “ alternative facts”.
Whoops.
They've always been mostly idiots.
Now we have no Woodward and Bernstein, and an ocean full of G. Gordon Liddys.
We should've put Nixon in jail, is what it boils down to.
But Iran Contra was the real point the GOP realised they could just ignore the law
He was an extremely popular 2 term prez amongst the anti LBJ/Civil rights people.
Iran Contra was when the GOP realised Congress had no power and couldn't stop them
Trump just does it in the open, 'cause who's gonna stop him?