I regret my comment, Savge, I try to avoid politics here, and you're my friend. I just hated Nixxon and his crowd so much that I react when the topic comes up. Sorry! I don't want to know what Watergate really was.
- oldman
I'm not offended. It didn't affect our friendship. I have not allowed myself to be trained to hate people just because I disagree with them.
The thing is, the media told you to hate Nixon. The media is telling you to hate Trump.
I'm not in love with either one. But I have looked carefully at the results of the policies and votes of the occupants of the white house and the capital, without media influenced jaundice. Regardless of whether or not I like the person, and regardless of whether or not the media likes them, I pay attention to what they did.
And I don't like ALL of what ANYONE did, or voted for. Not Eisenhower, not Kennedy, not Nixon, not Reagan, not Bush 1 or 2, not Trump, either. There's a ton of what they did I don't like, and I don't hesitate to say so.
Nixon was wrong on the EPA, wrong on the DEA, wrong on price controls, and that's the short list.
You SHOULD know what Watergate REALLY was. Everyone should see all of it for what it is. That, and the crap Cronkite spewed about the Tet Offensive were what put the nail in the coffin on the media for me. That's when I learned the media had their own agenda, just like the government. And it ain't the truth, your best interest, my best interest, or the best interest of the Republic.
See, I want to know the truth, whether it makes me laugh, makes me cry, hurts my feelings, pisses me off, or makes me happy. Whether it proves me right, or proves me wrong. Truth, facts, logic, and reason. Without them, doom is the certain outcome.