"This is like Watergate." No. This is like Watergate if it happened every day, the President said "Whatever, I do what I want", and Congress said "oh, okay." - ThreadSky

prchovanec.bsky.social • 66 days ago

"This is like Watergate."

No. This is like Watergate if it happened every day, the President said "Whatever, I do what I want", and Congress said "oh, okay."

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petershulman.bsky.social•66 days ago

and the top 20 richest people were actually one demented megalomaniac who was just set loose to carpet bomb the government.

drleostrauss.bsky.social•66 days ago

We are so past Watergate on each and every day.

jubilado251.bsky.social•66 days ago

The framers of the Constitution made two key mistakes. They didn’t envision the rise of political parties. And they never imagined the country would have both a corrupt president and a pliant Congress.

unlocked.bsky.social•66 days ago

The framers came from a country with a king. It's not that they didn't see the problems, it's that they didn't know how to prevent them (not that we know much better today either). Benjamin Franklin's "a republic, if you can keep it" quote comes to mind.

jubilado251.bsky.social•66 days ago

In one of the Federalist papers, Alexander Hamilton tried to allay concerns that the president wouldn’t have the powers of a king. Don’t worry, he said. We can impeach and convict in a court of law. Little did he know,..

smol-rora.bsky.social•66 days ago

The Founding Fathers of America were actually quite pessimistic about Americas future apparently and George Washington specifically was vocally not fond of political factions/parties more or less predicting this could happen if they remained within his farewell address.

b-mlln.bsky.social•66 days ago

and soon to be turned inside out: 'if it's illegal, the president will do it'

b-mlln.bsky.social•66 days ago

'when the president does it, it's not illegal' as the guiding principle of an entire administration

eugeneinoregon.bsky.social•66 days ago

This is like 1860/61, but with the bad guys having won the election of 1860.

badenoch.bsky.social•66 days ago

They're all Borks now.

jameshart.bsky.social•66 days ago

At least Nixon had the decency to try to cover up his illegal actions. Implies at least some capacity for shame.

jameshart.bsky.social•66 days ago

Watergate except with G Gordon Liddy putting out public announcements that say ‘the president has asked me to bug the DNC. We’re going to break into the Watergate building tonight’

fatraccoon.bsky.social•66 days ago

I miss the good old "dick suck impeachment" days. Life was good after the Wall fell and the Twin Towers were still standing.

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