Posted on 12/27/2019 7:58:23 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
There are "significant differences" between former President Richard Nixon's impeachment process and President Donald Trump's, according to journalist Tom Brokaw, including how the two leaders handled difficult times in office.
"Nixon was always aware of being presidential," Brokaw told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Monday night. "Trump plays from the gutter frankly."
Last week, the House of Representatives voted along party lines to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstructing Congress. Trump has maintained his innocence since the inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine was launched in September, calling the process a "witch hunt," and his supporters, including Republican legislators, have continued to support the president.
Brokaw told Matthews that this public display of support for Trump is a different situation from when Representatives pursued impeaching Nixon. At the time, Brokaw said, the Republican Party didn't speak out against impeaching the president the way they are today.
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What an ignorant comment. You can’t be that stupid.
Sure, but there was no alternative media back then. Give or take National Review magazine . . .The journalism cartel is a tough opponent now - back then it was (quietly) worse.
...and the swamp doesn't? Good grief!
It is because of Trump that the deep state swamp dwelling Warshington cartel has been exposed for the criminals that they are.
Nixon participated in the coverup and lied about it. When I found out that he had lied to me I wanted him out too (voted for him twice). Trump has not done any such thing, that I'm aware of.
Who cares
Stuff it, Brokaw.
But let's get real serious about Presidents. “....Historians have said that during the campaign, Harding would take Britton into his office and sit her on his lap. That was before he took her virginity in a hotel room and later brought her to the White House for regular rendezvouses. The fact that I was so ignorant seemed to add to his cherishment of me for some reason, Britton later recalled....”
“....Historians have long disliked Harding for reasons other than his sexcapades. He presided over an administration unprecedented in its corruption, he rolled back Progressive-era reforms and he enacted racist immigration laws. In the rankings academics conduct every few years, Harding has averaged out as the worst president in American history. After his death, wrote a biographer, his reputation plummeted so quickly that only with the greatest reluctance could a Republican successor be persuaded to dedicate his tomb.....”
Then there was LBJ who whipped out his Johnson to show just about anyone and had women from the famous Texas Brothel the Chicken Ranch release stress while he was President and married to Lady Bird. Yes that was Presidential!
Come on Tom learn a little history!
Didn’t this guy lie a big one? Gutter to me.. it’s the cardinal offense... so what does he consider gutter? roaring economy and stockmarket? Jobs? etc and etc... all in the eyes of the media bigwig...
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partisan apparatchik who hasn’t bothered to notice the sewer the dems have become
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Another Canadian flake
To be fair, most historians right now are far leftists who love to claim that FDR saved America (he didn’t, actually), that we lost Vietnam (in reality, we won, but Democrat operatives snatched defeat from the jaws of victory), and basically hail Obama and Clinton as our greatest presidents. And let’s not forget that there’s some evidence pointing to Walter Cronkite orchestrating LBJ’s abdication from reelection.
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