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putnam6 · 01-09-2025, 07:14 PM

Stumbled over this on X.com while reading about Carter's State funeral and wanted the Deny Politics input

What is the difference between Nixon tapping the Democrats at Watergate and Obama approving the wiretap of Trump at the Trump Tower?

myselfaswell

(01-09-2025, 07:14 PM)putnam6 Wrote: Stumbled over this on X.com while reading about Carter's State funeral and wanted the Deny Politics input

What is the difference between Nixon tapping the Democrats at Watergate and Obama approving the wiretap of Trump at the Trump Tower?

The difference is Nixon had a whole back room of government agencies that actually believed in Justice & the rule of law. Obama, on the other hand, had an entire back room of government agencies primed to do everything BUT find guilt, and none of whom consider Justice nor the rule of law to be important.

putnam6 · 01-10-2025, 12:13 AM

(01-09-2025, 07:55 PM)myselfaswell Wrote: The difference is Nixon had a whole back room of government agencies that actually believed in Justice & the rule of law. Obama, on the other hand, had an entire back room of government agencies primed to do everything BUT find guilt, and none of whom consider Justice nor the rule of law to be important.

That suggests Obama knew he was protected, whereas Nixon...

Just because one had accomplices

It still doesn't make the actions taken any less illegal, which is the larger point

**DontTreadOnMe** · 01-14-2025, 06:58 PM

(01-09-2025, 07:14 PM)putnam6 Wrote: What is the difference between Nixon tapping the Democrats at Watergate and Obama approving the wiretap of Trump at the Trump Tower?

The difference to me is the aftermath:
The furor, the press coverage, the legal battles fought.
All the President's Men
People went to jail.
Nixon resigned.

And here we are.

IMHO, the CTer in me, "THEY" needed Watergate to get rid of Nixon.

putnam6 · 01-14-2025, 08:10 PM

(01-14-2025, 06:58 PM)DontTreadOnMe Wrote: The difference to me is the aftermath:
The furor, the press coverage, the legal battles fought.
All the President's Men
People went to jail.
Nixon resigned.

And here we are.

IMHO, the CTer in me, "THEY" needed Watergate to get rid of Nixon.

Well that was one of my thoughts now these types of events have become normalized