The Watergate hearings were first; the indictments came next. And yes, they should be prime time on every channel, same as Watergate. It was the hearings that got Nixon out. And they should have already begun - it takes time to get through to people's heads that 1/6 was really a coup attempt - far worse than Watergate.
The Watergate hearings were first; the indictments came next. And yes, they should be prime time on every channel, same as Watergate. It was the hearings that got Nixon out. And they should have already begun - it takes time to get through to people's heads that 1/6 was really a coup attempt - far worse than Watergate.
Actually it was the release of the tapes, after the hearings concluded, that Nixon sought to withhold. The tapes showed he conspired with his aides to convince the FBI to halt the investigation of the break-in. The tapes were made public. That caused his loss of support with Rs, and that's what convinced him to resign. See https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/05/watergate-smoking-gun-tape-released-aug-5-1974-753086.
No pundits think there's going to be such dramatic evidence of Trump's complicity, so these hearings will not take him down.
I'm heartened to hear you think the hearings will influence voters to vote against Republicans. They would be only the 25% of R voters who do NOT believe the election was stolen and the 30% of the electorate who is independent. The 75% of Rs who believe the election was stolen will not believe anything they hear from the Committee, yes?
1. That's not my take. It's history's, as the link I provided shows.
I doubt Dean would disagree. His testimony was in the early days of the hearings, June, 1973. Nixon held on until August, 1974 when Dean's testimony was corroborated by the release of the tapes. Yes, his testimony tipped prosecutors to question witnesses along this line, so he contributed, but had the SC not forced Nixon to release the tapes, who knows what would have happened?
2. It was Eva who noted the hearings. I was responding to that. Not to Trump being indicted.
Re the Rs then and the Rs now - there is so much more support for Trump among the R voters than there was for Nixon. His approval rating was below 30% before he resigned. That is what the R politicians respond to. Put the blame on the Trump supporters, not the R politicians.
The Watergate hearings were first; the indictments came next. And yes, they should be prime time on every channel, same as Watergate. It was the hearings that got Nixon out. And they should have already begun - it takes time to get through to people's heads that 1/6 was really a coup attempt - far worse than Watergate.
Actually it was the release of the tapes, after the hearings concluded, that Nixon sought to withhold. The tapes showed he conspired with his aides to convince the FBI to halt the investigation of the break-in. The tapes were made public. That caused his loss of support with Rs, and that's what convinced him to resign. See https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/05/watergate-smoking-gun-tape-released-aug-5-1974-753086.
No pundits think there's going to be such dramatic evidence of Trump's complicity, so these hearings will not take him down.
I'm heartened to hear you think the hearings will influence voters to vote against Republicans. They would be only the 25% of R voters who do NOT believe the election was stolen and the 30% of the electorate who is independent. The 75% of Rs who believe the election was stolen will not believe anything they hear from the Committee, yes?
Well, I'm glad you think they will be persuaded to not vote R.
1. That's not my take. It's history's, as the link I provided shows.
I doubt Dean would disagree. His testimony was in the early days of the hearings, June, 1973. Nixon held on until August, 1974 when Dean's testimony was corroborated by the release of the tapes. Yes, his testimony tipped prosecutors to question witnesses along this line, so he contributed, but had the SC not forced Nixon to release the tapes, who knows what would have happened?
2. It was Eva who noted the hearings. I was responding to that. Not to Trump being indicted.
Re the Rs then and the Rs now - there is so much more support for Trump among the R voters than there was for Nixon. His approval rating was below 30% before he resigned. That is what the R politicians respond to. Put the blame on the Trump supporters, not the R politicians.
What politicians want, #1, whether GOP or Dem, is to be reelected. Yes or no?
You mean back in the day when Americans were citizens first, and party affiliates second?
Sadly, agree.
Really - if Nixon were JD Vance, he would've said to the Court, "Come and get 'em."