Advertisement

Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Sunday, November 17, 2024

On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon uttered the infamous words, "I am not a crook," in response to reporters' questions about the Watergate scandal.

More

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

More from the article...

Oh This Day...

...
In 1800, the U.S. Congress convened at the Capitol in Washington for the first time.

In 1869, the Suez Canal in Egypt was opened, linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

In 1871, the National Rifle Association was founded by a journalist and a lawyer with a mission to improve its members' marksmanship skills through the organization of rifle clubs across the country. ...

In 1968, NBC angered football fans across the United States when it pre-empted the final minute of an Oakland Raiders-New York Jets game to air children's movie Heidi. Viewers jammed the phone lines at telephone companies, the network and local police to vent their frustrations. ...

In 1989, Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution began following the put down of a student demonstration by riot police. A larger uprising against the country's communist government succeeded on Dec. 29, ending 41 years of Communist rule.
...


[More in the article]

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-17 02:41 PM | Reply

@#1

Oh

- should be -

On

:)

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-17 02:42 PM | Reply

Nixon was a piker compared to the noxious orange insurrectionist.

ichef.bbci.co.uk

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-11-17 02:45 PM | Reply

Welcome to Trumplandia.

Where if the president does "it" then "it" is not against the law.

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-11-17 03:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump is proud for the Cult to know he's a Crook... and not care at all that he's a Crook.

As a matter of fact, the Cult is Entertained, so that's the important part. The Second Coming of the Lord Trump is the best thing on TV!

They are convinced that this is a spin-off of The Apprentice.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-17 03:30 PM | Reply

Narrator: He was a crook.

And if he'd been prosecuted, there's a good chance the crooks after him, including the orange turd, would never have run in the first place.

#6 | Posted by DarkVader at 2024-11-17 06:57 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy | Copyright 2024 World Readable

Drudge Retort