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Botany

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19. I think the reason Nixon had his "Plumbers" break into Lawrence O'Brien's office in the Watergate
Fri Mar 4, 2022, 10:54 AM
Mar 2022

... was to see just how much Larry O'Brien knew about the money Nixon had taken from Howard Hughes.
If I remember right O'Brien had at one time worked for Hughes.

Ford might have done the right thing for America by pardoning Nixon and freeing up his time from dealing
with Nixon but I think the right thing to do was to prosecute Nixon for his crimes and now we have let too
many republican Presidents and administrations off the hook for their crimes. Reagan (Iran/Contra),
bush & Cheney (election rat fucking, 911, Iraq War, big branch mine, and ...), and now Trump. But they
impeached Clinton over a B.J..

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The Roger Stone Tapes [View all] sarchasm Mar 2022 OP
"Stone said he feared prosecution ... " IOW Stone knew what he was doing and had done on 1/6/21 ... Botany Mar 2022 #1
He looks like a villain from the old Batman show PatSeg Mar 2022 #8
The mother fucker revels in being an over the top dick and pissing off people like you and me. Botany Mar 2022 #12
You know, you are probably right PatSeg Mar 2022 #16
Did I spell "revels" right? Botany Mar 2022 #20
Looks right to me! PatSeg Mar 2022 #27
"over the top dick"... llmart Mar 2022 #26
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #28
He also has the head of a dick. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #31
"BTW I have no doubt that he has had people killed." Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #41
There was one republican in Florida who talked to Stone about wikileaks, Russia, and "dirt" on ... Botany Mar 2022 #44
The Diddler. Harker Mar 2022 #13
Perfect! PatSeg Mar 2022 #17
You're an inspiration. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #35
OMG that is soooo perfect! chowder66 Mar 2022 #50
I hesitated out of admiration for Frank Gorshin. Harker Mar 2022 #51
Nah, the Diddler is everything!!! chowder66 Mar 2022 #52
Oh, yes, the evil Pinhead! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #22
He DOES look like a Pinhead! PatSeg Mar 2022 #29
The Diddler! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #30
I can see Robin twisting a fist into his palm, and cursing Harker Mar 2022 #37
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #42
I just finished the new book on Watergate. Guess who makes an appearance! Tomconroy Mar 2022 #2
Was Buchanan in it, too? flying_wahini Mar 2022 #33
Stone's Nixon-era roots need to be exhumed and released to the public bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #3
O, Stone, be not so! trusty elf Mar 2022 #4
Either someone else saw the resemblance bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #6
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Mar 2022 #7
Love it! That dog is doing what I'd like to do to Roger Stone. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #23
Stone was 20 in 1972 Deminpenn Mar 2022 #5
Stone, Atwater, and Manafort back in the day. Botany Mar 2022 #9
Wow, never saw that one before bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #10
I think the reason Nixon had his "Plumbers" break into Lawrence O'Brien's office in the Watergate Botany Mar 2022 #19
THIS! THIS! THIS! OMGWTF Mar 2022 #47
Axis of evil. ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2022 #39
Best start of my morning in a long time. Ferryboat Mar 2022 #11
it turns out Merrick Garland was the best thing to happen to him Mr. Sparkle Mar 2022 #14
That line struck me too. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #32
And... Wuddles440 Mar 2022 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #36
Roger "Quid Pro Quo" Stone L. Coyote Mar 2022 #15
Marking to read later. tanyev Mar 2022 #21
I've got a stone for Stone. usonian Mar 2022 #24
Republican traitors suck Bigly Achilleaze Mar 2022 #25
Kill two birds with one "stone." wnylib Mar 2022 #43
Fleeing like a rat from a sinking ship. Martin68 Mar 2022 #38
Thanks for posting. n/t TeamProg Mar 2022 #40
This film maker has earlier tilted a lot of high placed persons in Denmark TomWilm Mar 2022 #45
Roger Stone is a caricature of a Bond villain. OMGWTF Mar 2022 #46
Stone left DC on "... a hastily arranged private flight" Grins Mar 2022 #48
"Merrick Garland 'is not a friend'" - Stone. Unlike Barr Grins Mar 2022 #49
*LOCKING* Spazito Mar 2022 #53
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