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"When the president does something -- that means it is not illegal." -- Richard M. Nixon

Nixon would be freaking out over what politicians get away with today and never have to resign. In fact their successors simply up-the-ante.

Remember how hated Bush's lawyers were? Now we know why Obama didn't prosecute any of them.

The next Nixon will bring a reign of terror down on the US (regardless of which party he comes from), using the laws that Clinton, Bush and Obama and others have passed.

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