Nixon’s Watergate Downfall
This was originally posted at THE Deerhound Diary sire now preserved in the Wayback Archive. Nixon’s Watergate Downfall Posted on January 6, 2019 by RL Nixon’s Farewell When have we seen a presidential coup before? History can be instructive, regardless of how passé (or rewritten) it has become. Much foam-specked spewing beginning anew yesterday about the word illustrated below. The oldest and wisest historians among us can remember all the way back to the bitter end of the 20th century (Phew!) when President Clinton was almost undone by evil Republican clingers obsessed with sex. They don’t find many useful lessons in that exercise, or at least they haven’t learned any that might be available. Worst of all from the consensus elite perspective is the fact that the Clinton Senate trial failed to remove him from office or even significantly decrease his approval rating. Nothing to see here. Move along… There have been two Senate trials of presidents in American history. And two surv