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JD Vance says Nixon’s Watergate scandal would be ‘12-hour news story’ today
(www.theguardian.com)
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"Nixon was not a crook" isn't a thing. Even back when I was a dumb right leaning kid, everyone knew he was a crook. (Everyone as in everyone knows Nazis are evil fucks, and everyone knows the world is round, not everyone as in every last breathing soul.)
By connecting the dots between Nixon and Trump, they aren't exonerating Nixon. They are doing the other thing.
Roger Stone, who has a tattoo of Nixon's face on his back, is a long-time Trump friend and and one of his most important unofficial advisors throughout his campaigns and presidencies. Somehow Stone's involvement has stayed out of the limelight despite his heavy involvement in, among other things, all the most insidious parts of January 6th.
Quoth Roger Stone: "Fuck the voting. Let's get right to the violence."
For some extremely preliminary reading:
https://www.factcheck.org/2020/02/roger-stones-crimes/
https://www.jan-6.com/who-is-roger-stone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign
I'm aware of Roger Stone (hence the parenthetical above). My point is that the vast majority of people ONLY think "crook" when they think of Nixon. Of course, the vast majority of people never think of Nixon...