They got even worse after Watergate, and that’s before W and Taco.
Iran/Contra was way worse than Watergate, and it was soft-pedaled like you would not believe, because “something something the nation has to heal after all the drama of the 60s/70s, we just had Vietnam and race riots and all these assassinations and Watergate and the Church Committee and why can’t we just think about nice things and sweep this under the rug for the sake of moving forward to sunnier days?” or some such bullshit like that.
Ronnie Raygun had the most criminal administration in history, going by the convictions. I don’t know if Donvict has beat that record yet. And yet, the “liberal media” was giving him reach-arounds at every opportunity. The guy wasn’t even nearly as popular as the ensuing hagiographies that emerged soon after his exit would have you believe.
He should have gone right to fucking prison for Iran/Contra. And that’s not even getting into the fact that he worked to keep American hostages from getting released under Carter…I’m sure the likes of Taco watched that and knew he could get away with all kinds of shit.
I’d take it back further - Not wholesale hanging the leadership of the Confederacy and pursuing a tolerant reconciliation after the Civil War, which allowed the Jim Crow laws and the “Lost Cause” myth to flourish set the path for racism and division to flourish.
Yep. When we didn’t punish to the fullest extent for what were crimes against the very concepts of democracy, we only gave permission for others to try again later, and time to better plan. They’ve literally been building to this since then.
Not prosecuting Nixon is what allowed for this shit.
They got even worse after Watergate, and that’s before W and Taco.
Iran/Contra was way worse than Watergate, and it was soft-pedaled like you would not believe, because “something something the nation has to heal after all the drama of the 60s/70s, we just had Vietnam and race riots and all these assassinations and Watergate and the Church Committee and why can’t we just think about nice things and sweep this under the rug for the sake of moving forward to sunnier days?” or some such bullshit like that.
Ronnie Raygun had the most criminal administration in history, going by the convictions. I don’t know if Donvict has beat that record yet. And yet, the “liberal media” was giving him reach-arounds at every opportunity. The guy wasn’t even nearly as popular as the ensuing hagiographies that emerged soon after his exit would have you believe.
He should have gone right to fucking prison for Iran/Contra. And that’s not even getting into the fact that he worked to keep American hostages from getting released under Carter…I’m sure the likes of Taco watched that and knew he could get away with all kinds of shit.
I’d take it back further - Not wholesale hanging the leadership of the Confederacy and pursuing a tolerant reconciliation after the Civil War, which allowed the Jim Crow laws and the “Lost Cause” myth to flourish set the path for racism and division to flourish.
Yep. Andrew Johnson. If he had been removed via impeachment, the southern seeds of fascism could have been executed like the traitors they were.
In addition, Nixon probably would have been a hell of a lot more careful because impeachment wouldn’t have been a merely theoretical possibility.
Each failed impeachment further cements the idea that presidents are untouchable, leading up to the current situation.
Yep. When we didn’t punish to the fullest extent for what were crimes against the very concepts of democracy, we only gave permission for others to try again later, and time to better plan. They’ve literally been building to this since then.
Those were crimes of the past. We have to look to the future.
Yeah that was Ford’s excuse at the time, too
Hanging the Dulles Brothers for high treason could have been an even better start.
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