The Dems concocted this "Watergate" controversy just so they would become relevant again. Because of their witch hunt, the Dems were able to cut aid to South Vietnam and Cambodia, leading to Communist victory and the slaughter and enslavement of millions of Southeast Asians.
The difference now is, Nixon was an unlikeable guy who never really connected with is voters. Trump has tens of millions of supporters who will go to the barricades for him, and will fight the gungrabbing babykillers tooth and nail.
Amen to that. MAGA!
Are you really sure “tens of millions” will go to the barricades for President Trump? I’m not, because I think most people are basically too lazy to protect their own best interests.
Partly. But Nixon was a Progressive, big government guy at heart. He hated guns, founded the EPA, and supported the culture war against the countryside.
He never even tried to push back against the "Great Society" powergrab.
So he did not have the support of his base.
Of course, the Progressive left had near complete control of the information flow in 1973. They had destroyed McCarthy.
When they forced out Nixon, they knew they could rule the nation, and they did.
Every politician feared them.