https://spectator.org/trump-is-the-man-n...ouldnt-be/
Gingrich makes an interesting point. As someone who was in college during the Church Commission, I was aware of what JFK and particularly, LBJ did. LBJ even had the FBI spy on the '64 Republican convention for him. What Gingrich says is true:
"...One of the most amazing things about Watergate is that Nixon’s predecessors, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, had done far more illegal things. The allegations Nixon was charged with pale in comparison. Many of the people who worked to destroy Nixon had been directly involved in breaking the law in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In retrospect, it is stunning how hypocritical Nixon’s enemies were...."
Another interesting point in the article:
"...The reality of this commitment to illegality was confirmed in a recent survey by Scott Rasmussen. He studied a group he calls the elite 1 percent (people with graduate degrees, household incomes of $150,000 or more, and who live in densely populated urban areas). Among other questions, he asked people if they would cheat to win an election. Only 7 percent of the American people said they would cheat. However, among the elite 1 percent who are “politically obsessed,” 69 percent said they would cheat to win an election. Rasmussen said it was the most frightening number he had seen in 35 years of polling...."
(02-15-2024 12:14 AM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]https://spectator.org/trump-is-the-man-n...ouldnt-be/
Gingrich makes an interesting point. As someone who was in college during the Church Commission, I was aware of what JFK and particularly, LBJ did. LBJ even had the FBI spy on the '64 Republican convention for him. What Gingrich says is true:
"...One of the most amazing things about Watergate is that Nixon’s predecessors, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, had done far more illegal things. The allegations Nixon was charged with pale in comparison. Many of the people who worked to destroy Nixon had been directly involved in breaking the law in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In retrospect, it is stunning how hypocritical Nixon’s enemies were...."
Another interesting point in the article:
"...The reality of this commitment to illegality was confirmed in a recent survey by Scott Rasmussen. He studied a group he calls the elite 1 percent (people with graduate degrees, household incomes of $150,000 or more, and who live in densely populated urban areas). Among other questions, he asked people if they would cheat to win an election. Only 7 percent of the American people said they would cheat. However, among the elite 1 percent who are “politically obsessed,” 69 percent said they would cheat to win an election. Rasmussen said it was the most frightening number he had seen in 35 years of polling...."
Cool post, but it looks like a great Spin Room post than a college sports post!!
great story,
dldn't need Chris Fowler propaganda
(02-15-2024 12:14 AM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]https://spectator.org/trump-is-the-man-n...ouldnt-be/
Gingrich makes an interesting point. As someone who was in college during the Church Commission, I was aware of what JFK and particularly, LBJ did. LBJ even had the FBI spy on the '64 Republican convention for him. What Gingrich says is true:
"...One of the most amazing things about Watergate is that Nixon’s predecessors, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, had done far more illegal things. The allegations Nixon was charged with pale in comparison. Many of the people who worked to destroy Nixon had been directly involved in breaking the law in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In retrospect, it is stunning how hypocritical Nixon’s enemies were...."
Another interesting point in the article:
"...The reality of this commitment to illegality was confirmed in a recent survey by Scott Rasmussen. He studied a group he calls the elite 1 percent (people with graduate degrees, household incomes of $150,000 or more, and who live in densely populated urban areas). Among other questions, he asked people if they would cheat to win an election. Only 7 percent of the American people said they would cheat. However, among the elite 1 percent who are “politically obsessed,” 69 percent said they would cheat to win an election. Rasmussen said it was the most frightening number he had seen in 35 years of polling...."
Damn, the jocks hate it when the nerds show upon their turf huh??
That was a good article that highlights the fact that, regarding political intrigue, there's really nothing new under the sun. Trump is simply the latest target of the machine that is, and has been, the IC. The alphabet agencies have all been subverted.
“Watergate” continues to be one of the weirdest and least-understood episodes in American history. Yes, Nixon bears some indirect responsibility for it in some way, but the fact that his enemies were able to manufacture an historical/national crisis out of it is simply incredible. Comparing Nixon’s crimes/lies/ misdeeds or other assorted “bad stuff” to the crimes/lies/etc. of FDR, JFK, LBJ (just for example), it really is like a gang of bank robbers going unpunished at all, and then a pickpocket getting life in prison. Oh, well.
Ben Stein has said before that he will write a Nixon book some day. I hope that is true.
(02-15-2024 12:31 AM)DawgNBama Wrote: [ -> ] (02-15-2024 12:14 AM)bullet Wrote: [ -> ]https://spectator.org/trump-is-the-man-n...ouldnt-be/
Gingrich makes an interesting point. As someone who was in college during the Church Commission, I was aware of what JFK and particularly, LBJ did. LBJ even had the FBI spy on the '64 Republican convention for him. What Gingrich says is true:
"...One of the most amazing things about Watergate is that Nixon’s predecessors, Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, had done far more illegal things. The allegations Nixon was charged with pale in comparison. Many of the people who worked to destroy Nixon had been directly involved in breaking the law in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. In retrospect, it is stunning how hypocritical Nixon’s enemies were...."
Another interesting point in the article:
"...The reality of this commitment to illegality was confirmed in a recent survey by Scott Rasmussen. He studied a group he calls the elite 1 percent (people with graduate degrees, household incomes of $150,000 or more, and who live in densely populated urban areas). Among other questions, he asked people if they would cheat to win an election. Only 7 percent of the American people said they would cheat. However, among the elite 1 percent who are “politically obsessed,” 69 percent said they would cheat to win an election. Rasmussen said it was the most frightening number he had seen in 35 years of polling...."
Cool post, but it looks like a great Spin Room post than a college sports post!!
Looks like they moved it. Back and forth between these boards and sometimes put it in the wrong place.