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?.

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 7.9 years 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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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

Trump firing Comey, Yates, and Bahara is LITERALLY the same thing as Nixon's Saturday night massacre.

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bopper 7.9 years ago

That's melodramatic. People be like laughing at this comparison. Besides, Watergate was a coup, read Russ Baker's book. Nixon was scared to death that night, for his life.

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

He fired the people investigating him.

That's LITERALLY what Nixon did too.

Facts aren't melodramatic.

And you should probably read Bakers book, the supposed "coup" attempt came AFTER Watergate broke.

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bopper 7.9 years ago

That was a "constitutional crisis" and you could feel the fear and tension in the streets and in the air. If what Trump did becomes a "constitutional crisis" I will retract.

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

Volatility hasn't been a hallmark of this years election cycle?

And we have a president with NOW OBVIOUS ties to a foreign power firing folks with evidence of such.

That's about as "constitutional crisis"-y as you're gonna get.

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

There's no proof there's investigation going on. Only msm says there is and their track record is not great

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

This doesn't even deserve a response.

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bopper 7.9 years ago

His response needed no response. So why'd you respond?

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

This is what we're doing now?

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

Shitzmcbob, remember when William Sessions was fired as FBI director right when he was about to launch an investigation on Clinton?

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

Sessions was already in Clintons pocket.

How do you think Clinton knew about the money he "stole"?

Aside from that... What's your point?

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

Short of murdering him, Sessions was framed to get him out. Please.

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

They didn't murder him BECAUSE he took the money.

You don't kill people who've put themselves in compromising positions.

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

You're saying he accepted a bribe? How could he refuse? Say no and get murdered.

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

Or just say no and step down...

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

...if he actually accepted any money

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

First reports were independent of any government office.

If I remember correctly the story was actually broken by a journalist who was basically given carte blanche to FBI records by Sessions himself.

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ArthurEdens 7.9 years ago

...and journalists never lie

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shizzle_mcbobblehead 7.9 years ago

Dude...

You have two very real conspiracies staring at you, each originating on either side of the political spectrum.

I'm genuinely asking you people to consider the gravity of this situation, and stop waiting for a fucking hero to come along and make everything better.