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To: geode00 who wrote (163520)	6/3/2005 8:53:12 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<<...Nixon would have gotten away with his misdeeds if Watergate happened today, but there's one reason for that situation that's gotten too little attention. In each of the three major cases in recent decades in which there were major investigations of the White House - Nixon and Watergate, Reagan and Iran-contra, Clinton and Whitewater and Lewinsky - the opposition party controlled at least one house of Congress, thereby giving it a platform to launch inquiries and get attention for its allegations. Right now, the Republicans control both houses. If Watergate happened today, DeLay, Hastert and Frist would stonewall, explain it away and blame the "biased liberal media" for slurring a fine man like Richard Nixon...>> msnbc.msn.com

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