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In reply to the discussion: I dove into the DU archives to see what DU posted on June 18, 1972*. Heres what I found: [View all]Grammy23
(5,815 posts)However, I am willing to forgive this decision in an age where ratings do matter. I don't think they can be harshly blamed for taking advantage of the opportunity to increase ratings. It was a bit of a letdown, I admit, but as pointed out by others, Watergate was not done in a day. Piece by tantalizing piece things oozed out and probably drove the ones following the pace just about nuts.
We want tRump exposed for the fraud, deceiver and traitor he is. If we could retroactively go back to summer 2016, he would be outed and shamed into oblivion, right after he served a long prison sentence for treason. But that can't happen so we have to deal with what we have. And that is a ridiculously slow crawl of information that is combining itself to reveal the crimes and players in this spy novel come to life.
Patience, Grasshopper. With ANY luck at all, modern technology will advance this story faster than it did in the Watergate era. I do think the story seems to be coming together a little faster and maybe it will gel in months rather than years. Fingers crossed. Remember, I think it was John Dean that said it took 900+ days for Watergate full blown to arrive.