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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 26 11:28:42 2023
    When Nixon was first elected president in 1968, 68% of the public said
    they trusted the government 'just about always' or 'most of the time.'
    By 1974, that fell to 36%. Last year, public trust stood at 19%. http://pewrsr.ch/1LuV5uS


    Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC

    Fifty years ago today, @nytimes said Nixon's Watergate scandal was
    undermining "respect for...government....The President keeps invoking...undocumented charges that American Presidents before
    him...also authorized the illegal use of state power against American citizens."

    https://twitter.com/CarrollDoherty/status/1695073475486978154

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Aug 26 21:36:10 2023
    On 2023-08-26, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
    When Nixon was first elected president in 1968, 68% of the public said
    they trusted the government 'just about always' or 'most of the time.'
    By 1974, that fell to 36%. Last year, public trust stood at 19%. http://pewrsr.ch/1LuV5uS

    Just look at the load of losers and clowns that manage to get elected to
    public office! Would you trust those weenies?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to fungus@amongus.com.invalid on Sat Aug 26 19:15:59 2023
    On Sat, 26 Aug 2023 21:36:10 +0100, Retrograde
    <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

    Just look at the load of losers and clowns
    that manage to get elected to public office!

    Few voters see their political dances....if only a humorist could
    write a Broadway play, or a movie script.

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