Podesta actually taunts Trump in his Tweet comparing Comey's firing to the incident that finally brought down the Nixon administration, though they are not the same. Podesta is bold, or is he scared?. (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Laskar

Apparently Podesta is confident that he is untouchable--he is getting very bold in his Tweets.

Podesta taunted Trump with this Tweet, comparing it to Nixon's Watergate scandal:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/09/23/40252A2200000578-4489966-image-m-61_1494368714505.jpg

By comparing the firing of Comey with President Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre", Podesta is alluding to how the Nixon administration was brought down during the Watergate scandal.

Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox and there were resignations to follow. Of course, the exaggerated term "Saturday Night Massacre" was an invention of political commentators.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Massacre

Those of an age to recall Nixon and this "massacre" know that this was the final straw in bringing down the Nixon presidency, so Podesta's use of this comparison would indicate his hopes of the firing of Comey having the same effect on the Trump presidency.

Of course firing the FBI head at the urging of the attorney general, and assistant attorney general is nothing the same as firing a special prosecutor. The letters from Trumps advisors are reproduced in this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

Podesta's Tweet has gone viral with many chiming in. Here are some examples:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/saturday-night-massacre-trumps-firing-of-comey-compared-to-nixon-watergate-firings/

Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ and #TuesdayNightMassacre Blow Up on Twitter After Comey Firing":

Source: http://www.mediaite.com/online/nixons-saturday-night-massacre-and-tuesdaynightmassacre-blow-up-on-twitter-after-comey-firing/

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bopper ago

That's unbelievable that tweet.

Laskar ago

I thought so too.

Podesta's tweet is becoming a meme to those who did not live through Watergate. Look at what this idiot wrote, who seems to be a fan of Hillary:

"PuigYourFriend‏ @ray_dodgers Replying to @Twittterpated @Krees5 and

Criminal? She's a shitty person but criminal is funny.. Trump is abusing his power. It's Nixon/Cox all over again"

That was on Assange's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulianAssange/status/862075341644468224

bopper ago

I was young, but I lived through Watergate, so far this is far from Watergate. These people tweeting this crap weren't even born then (no offense to anyone). That was a very dark time, and it was dark BEFORE the Saturday Night Massacre, and the entire country was beginning to lose faith in Nixon, and there was no silly Russian false spy story either. I did indeed see that Wikileaks tweet!

Laskar ago

I was not so young maybe, and I remember it well, including the mood of the country too. Once Kissinger had "widened the war to wind it down", Nixon was destroyed by the massive anti war sentiment and TPTB had to ruin him (to conceal their control) and get rid of him so there would not be a revolution for real--they used the cover up of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel to do it, but the Pentagon Papers were the spark that started the fire, let alone the body counts (and bags) every night on the news. The firing of Cox was the coup de grace.

As you said, nothing of the present situation is like that, but these people have Madison Avenue "Mad Men" working hard to spin it for those who are mesmerized by media.

This "meme" comparing Trump to Nixon seems to bring out the Hillary and Bernie trolls grasping at false straws.

bopper ago

Thanks for that info, I don't feel so alone. I was a very young hippie at the time. "Every night on the news." Bingo. And special reports and televised live hearings. Those were the days. From '63 to about '75. We had it all. The best of times, the worst of times. I confess, I cried at the Vietnam War Memorial, and looked for my friends' names. People would leave notes and even diamond rings, and letters, and they would be guarded and gathered daily by 'officials' and placed in the indoor museum (Smithsonian).

Laskar ago

You are welcome.

"Ditto" to your whole comment by the way.