Republicans are Reliving the Glory Days of Watergate

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I’ve listened recently to the Republican mouthpieces on the radio and news complaining that the Democrats are trying to relive the glory days of Watergate. I think they have it completely wrong.

It’s not the Democrats that are trying to relive the “glory days” of Watergate; it’s the Republicans. Just like they wanted to re-fight the Vietnam War, revisit the McCarthy hearings, and re-write the Civil Rights Law, they now want to lock horns in their biggest battle ever; Watergate, impeachment and the resignation of Dick Nixon.

I don’t know how I didn’t see it before. Certain neo-cons have been bitter about the embarrassment of “tricky” Dick and their entire party for over 30 years. Oh sure, they paid lip service to “integrity, honor, and abuse of power” while Dick was in the soup, but they never really believed that getting rid of “that” cancer on America was right. They’ve convinced themselves that all Watergate did was diminish the power of the presidency, and they are bound and determined to take that power back.

They’ve believed all along that we should have an imperial presidency. They’ve believed all along that the president knows best. They’ve believed all along that Nixon didn’t simply run our Constitution through the shredder, but that he had every right to to run our Constitution through the shredder.

In a way, I’m glad that they are finally beginning to show themselves for what they are. Let them relive the “glory days” of Watergate, for that is a battle they are destined to lose.