On Obama...

Years ago, when the Bund was still meeting under F Ryan's aluminum carport and Jambo's driveway, we discussed the Watergate timeline in depth.  I hope you guys can recall that discussion, because I don't want to re-hash it all here.

In short, and assuming that we all understand the drama that was the 26 months of '72 -'74...

Had McCord not "blown the whistle" about hush-money and perjury during the initial break-in trial, and had the existence of the "tapes" made by the White House not become public knowledge, and had the Supreme Court not ORDERED the President to turn over all relevant material to the investigators (which led to the "Smoking Gun tape")... then I doubt very much that an impeachment would ever have succeeded, let alone a conviction by the Senate.

Nixon actively and with forethought broke the law, and there was ample proof to convict him.  Thus, he resigned to avoid the conviction and was pardoned by Ford for ANY wrong doing that might have occurred while he was in office... known or unknown.

Obama has managed his White House more than poorly since his election in 2008... but without a whistle-blower of McCord's proportions and without proof of the caliber of the "Smoking Gun", nothing but falling approval ratings and less and less Congressional support will result from the "Obamagate" drama.