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Dick Nixon and Roger Stone

Guess who said this?

“By the time we untangle this massive web of corruption, it will be worse than Watergate. It will be Watergate on human growth hormones and steroids, combined, at massive levels.”

No, not Maxine Waters or Keith Olbermann. That’s Sean Hannity and he’s talking about the alleged corruption of the Mueller investigation.

Brian Stelter of CNN observes the latest from Trump State media here.

If you’ve got a spare 45 minutes today, this brief overview of Watergate is worth watching. You will see similarities all right. But not between Watergate and Mueller.

One of the main similarities between Trump and Nixon is their hatred for the media. I’d guess Trump was just aping Nixon in the beginning. (He stole a lot of things from him and from Reagan but believes he’s a genius who thought it up himself.) But the point is that the hatred for the press is a primary motive for Nixon’s abuse of power.

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