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Anon Y. Mouse's avatar

You hit the nail on the head about this nation’s failure to hold Nixon accountable! Never forget that Nixon walked away from his crimes with a full and unconditional pardon, but men were assessed prison terms ranging from 9 months to 20 years for obeying his unlawful orders. Gerald Ford made a monumental mistake in pardoning Tricky Dick. I would go father in saying that Jimmy Carter grievously erred in commuting the 20-year sentence of G. Gordon Liddy to time served. Liddy was an absolutely evil and unrepentant man who was willing to kill for Nixon. Twenty years were a small price to pay for this fiend.

In Trump, we have something far worse than Nixon. Nixon used the government as a means to satisfy his own vendettas, but Trump tried to overthrow it. Nixon said that he believed in the death penalty, but Trump has vowed to expand it and revive hanging and the firing squad, expanding not only the range of its application but the degree of its cruelty. Trump has not disguised his craving to become a dictator. He deserves to spend the remainder of his life behind bars.

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Steven McCornack's avatar

It is difficult to share with young people that there was a time where there was shame and not alternate reality

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