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margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Here’s a stunning editorial from The New Yorker Magazine, by Jonathan Schell:</strong></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 22px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 30px 60px; margin: 20px 0px; border: none; width: 480px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); z-index: -1;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px;" class="">…..a question has been haunting our national life. It is whether the Republic will live or die. The question has been asked in countless forms. May newspapers print whatever they wish to print, and the people read whatever they wish to read? May the people assemble without fear of injury or loss of life? Must senators and others always support the President in his difficult decisions? Are the people to be treated like children or like adults? To what extent does the government have the power to check up on what the people are doing? To what extent do the people have the right to check up on what the government is doing? How do we spend our money? When do we go to war? Who decides?</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">[...]</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">On this occasion, as on many others in recent years, the President has flouted the law. He has not merely broken the law; he has overthrown the law. But this time, since his lawbreaking seeks to remove a threat to the very survival of his Administration in office, it is not just this one act but the continuation of the Administration itself that has become lawless. The question of whether the Republic will live or die has now been decisively posed in this form: Will we remove a lawless Administration from office or will we submit to illegitimate rule? The question has probably been put in its<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">final</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span>form, and may not be asked again.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">[...]</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">And the only resolution the President has left to us, unless he resigns, is for Congress to begin consideration of impeachment proceedings.</strong></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">The country surveys a scene of devastation. The wreckage of American institutions lies all around us. Any future under the present leadership is unthinkable. The point of no return has been passed, and the country has no choice but to take the first, dread steps toward putting its house in order. </strong>♦</div></blockquote><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 22px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed'; font-weight: 500; line-height: 30pt; color: inherit; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 24px;" class=""><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1973/10/29/comment-richard-nixon-and-the-firing-of-archibald-cox" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 107, 61) !important;" class="">This editorial was written and published on October 29th, 1973</a></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed'; font-weight: 500; line-height: 30pt; color: inherit; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 24px;" class="">And the President of which Schell speaks is <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Richard M. Nixon</u>.</h3><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 22px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">The actual title of the article?</p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 22px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="align-center" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; clear: both;"><figure class="image-captioned" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: auto !important; margin-bottom: 26px; margin-left: auto !important;"><img alt="Capfsdfsdfsfdture.JPG" title="Capfsdfsdfsfdture.JPG" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="2D6D60EE-B0EE-4DF3-A2A4-005DD399DDBD" height="72" width="550" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:6B8479E2-7931-49F2-A5B2-23B0A279E70C@hsd1.ca.comcast.net." class=""></figure></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 22px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">I have spent some time now inquiring into the similarities between Watergate and RussiaGate, and here is what I’ve found:</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">1. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, activities investigated were during a presidential election, where the Republican candidate was caught breaking the law trying to ruin his opponent.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> He used a foreign, adversarial government to do it</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">2. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, Department of Justice officials have been fired to keep the investigation from continuing into lawbreaking.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> He is attempting to discredit the entire DOJ as politically motivated</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">3. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, the Campaign Chairman for each president has been indicted multiple times. Paul Manafort and John Mitchell.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">4. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, a lawyer close to the President has been implicated. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">5. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, Nixon and Trump retained support of most Republicans over course of investigation</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> It is likely that Republicans in Congress are also implicated in the scandal, AND they are in control.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">6. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, Nixon and Trump surrounded themselves with corrupt players. Roger Stone, Michael Cohen, <span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, and George Papadopoulos. Spiro Agnew, John Erlichman, John Mitchell, Bob Haldeman, G. Gordon Liddy, Chuck Colson.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> Most of his corrupt players are ALSO assets of Russia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">7. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both, </strong>Trump and Nixon have publicly called for the ending of the investigations, calling them a “Witch Hunt”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> Nixon waited until the investigation had gone on for two months to name it thus. <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Trump started before he was even inaugurated.</strong></u></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">8. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, a White House that sees the investigation as a direct attack on the President.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">9. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, Witness tampering. After Nixon’s Chief of Staff HR Haldeman “resigned” Nixon called him on the telephone and told him,</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 30px 60px; margin: 20px 0px; border: none; width: 480px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); z-index: -1;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0px;" class="">“<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">You’re a strong man, God damn it and I love you and I love John. … Keep the faith, keep the faith. You’ve got to win this son of a bitch.”</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">After Michael Flynn was fired, Trump called him on the telephone</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 30px 60px; margin: 20px 0px; border: none; width: 480px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); z-index: -1;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">“I just got a message from the president to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">stay strong</strong>,” Yahoo News </span><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigators-circled-flynn-got-message-trump-stay-strong-145442727.html?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(153, 107, 61) !important; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">reported</a><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> Flynn told supporters following a meal in Virginia.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> Trump didn’t stop at mere comforting words for his friends. He is not only holding hopes of pardons above his friends’ heads, but threatening those who prove to be against him.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">10. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, there are so many players, and so much illegality, it’s difficult to keep track.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">11. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, it took years to get to the bottom of things. The Watergate break-in happened in June, 1972, and Nixon resigned in August of 1974. <s style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">RussiaGate </s>Mueller started in May, 2017 and is still going strong.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">12. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, Nixon and Trump petulantly denied involvement. Nixon, “I am not a crook” Trump, “NO COLLUSION!!!”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">13. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">In both</strong>, HEAVY hypocrisy. Remember, Nixon’s ‘72 campaign theme was “Law and Order.” </p><blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 30px 60px; margin: 20px 0px; border: none; width: 480px; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247); z-index: -1;" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Watergate also resulted in the<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">indictment</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span>of 69 people, with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty,<span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span></span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">many</em><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""> </span>of whom were top Nixon officials.</span></p></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class=""> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">How Trump is worse:</em></u> Trump’s hypocrisy is far too broad and deep to take account of in one diary. I’ll just sum it up in two tweets:</p></div></div></body></html>