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AND FOR A PRESIDENT TO -- AND FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO VIGOROUSLY DENIGRATE THEM TO VIGOROUSLY DENIGRATE THEM TO ALIGN THEM WITH GIULIANI A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THESE FINE PUBLIC SERVANTS IT’S

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ABOMINABLE. DISGUSTING, IT’S ABOMINABLE.

YOU COVERED WATERGATE.

YOU COVERED WATERGATE. YOU COVERED BILL CLINTON. YOU ARE NOW WATCHING THIS. WHAT IS YOUR GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT THE FUNDAMENTAL SHIFTS IN SHIFTS IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND MEDIA ARE AMERICAN POLITICS AND MEDIA ARE BETWEEN THE WATERGATE ERA THROUGH CLINTON TO NOW?

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THE WATERGATE STORY STARTED IN THE SUMMER OF ’72 AND RAN NIXON RESIGNED IN ’74. IT WAS A LONG RUNNING STORY WITH ONE REVELATION AFTER ANOTHER.

YOU CAN BASICALLY GET A KIND OF PREDIGESTED VERSION THAT

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ESSENTIALLY ASSEMBLES THE FACTS OR EVEN FACT AND FICTION TOGETHER TO KIND OF ENSURE YOU NEVER SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE.

THAT IS TRUMP’S GREAT STRENGTH. HE WANTS TO OWN REALITY. HE’S WHAT PSYCHOTHERAPISTS CALL A SOLIPSIS. HE’S CREATED A REALITY IN WHICH IS IN HIS HEAD. HE HAS CREATED A NEW REALITY OF WITH THE MEDIA SHARES HIS PHILOSOPHY IN WHICH IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK IT IS, WHAT THE TRUTH, WE CAN CREATE A REALITY.

THAT BEGAN IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION WHEN THE FIRST PARTISAN RIGHT WING MEDIA HATED BILL CLINTON AND TURNED EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID AND PRESENTED AS EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. AND HE WAS ACCUSED OF PERJURY AND ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AND ACQUITTED IN THE SENTENCE OF BOTH THEM.

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ALTHOUGH THE THING I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WITH CLINTON AND I TRY TO SAY THIS TO CONSERVATIVES WHO I’VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH IS THAT JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO GET YOU DOESN’T MEAN YOU DIDN’T DO THE WRONG THING.