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roamer65

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5. That really makes sense of Watergate.

Reply to cascadiance (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 06:29 PM

May 2013

Last edited Mon May 27, 2013, 08:12 PM - Edit history (1)

I have always believed it was about something more than McGovern's election plans. Looks like Christopher Hitchens had it right in his book on Kissenger and Nixon.

Why didn't LBJ go public with this information in 1968??? I think that is a good question to ask as well.

For Nixon to be so sure this kind of evil gamble would work, he must have had something on LBJ.

Makes me really wonder now what was on that 18.5 minute gap.

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LBJ and Senator Dirksen: Nixon's unpunished treason... [View all] cascadiance May 2013 OP

K&R Sherman A1 May 2013 #1

And Kissinger was the architect and the facilitator. Le Taz Hot May 2013 #2

Kissinger was a pustulant warmonger and #1 in the voting for Worst. byeya May 2013 #23

and the media kept fawning over him upi402 May 2013 #33

Must be how RayGun got the idea to backstab Carter. lpbk2713 May 2013 #3

Well, Nixon was Prescot's protege. hootinholler May 2013 #20

Here's the longer version of the conversation with Dirksen... cascadiance May 2013 #4

LBJ/Obama democrat2thecore May 2013 #25

That really makes sense of Watergate. roamer65 May 2013 #5

Nixon as VP to Eisenhower was pushing for intervention before JFK and LBJ too... cascadiance May 2013 #6

Ike also reneged on the promised unification elections in Viet Nam. The war, USA version, started byeya May 2013 #24

And LBJ had to deal with the alleged attack in the Gulf of Tonkin .. but Nixon was an evil man. YOHABLO May 2013 #7

"his initial presidential campaign" ashling May 2013 #8

You're right he ran against Kennedy earlier... I should have probably said his first cascadiance May 2013 #12

Who Should Concede? The Secret History of Modern U.S. Politics G_j May 2013 #9

Kick WheelWalker May 2013 #10

Nixon's legacy is a particularly insidious and destructive one. We are still Skidmore May 2013 #11

And to think even Ellsberg says in the above speech that he was "to the left" of Clinton! cascadiance May 2013 #16

Makes me really wonder about the 18.5 minute gap. roamer65 May 2013 #13

I always say it was discussions about Nixon's involvement in assassinating JFK ... zbdent May 2013 #17

That "Bay of Pigs" thing...as Nixon called it. roamer65 May 2013 #19

Like we all knew......... mercymechap May 2013 #14

Now, now, we must not stoop to letting transgressions such as treason be a reason to try to thwart indepat May 2013 #15

"Peace with Honor" ramapo May 2013 #18

This is bigger than Nixon or LBJ. Crimes have been committed by many of these rhett o rick May 2013 #21

Thom Hartmann has played this clip many times Canuckistanian May 2013 #22

Because he illegally bugged Nixon's campaign plane. MrSlayer May 2013 #26

Really? LBJ hated Humphrey? Canuckistanian May 2013 #29

Yeah, he was not a fan. At all. MrSlayer May 2013 #30

Thanks Canuckistanian May 2013 #31

THANKS for the book suggestion, sounds interesting. I'm going Raine May 2013 #32

Tom Lehrer's "Whatever Became of Hubert?" dflprincess May 2013 #34

...and more sad evidence that the Democratic refusal to ever hold Republicans to account... villager May 2013 #27

Humphrey NEVER had a lead over Nixon in the polls. Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #28

Wow! I did not know this! nt Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #35