The New York Times, December 31, 2016:
During a phone call on the night of Oct. 22, 1968, Richard M. Nixon told his closest aide (and future chief of staff) H.R. Haldeman to "monkey wrench" President Lyndon B. Johnson's efforts to begin peace negotiations over the Vietnam War. Nixon long denied giving such an order, but Haldeman's notes, which were quietly made public in 2007 and were recently discovered by the historian Jack Farrell, prove he was lying.
The New York Times, July 9, 2017
President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it.
On December 11, 2016, eight days before the electoral college met, I wrote: 1968, 1980, 2000, 2016,* summarizing October and other surprises:
The 1968 “monkey wrench” of Vietnam peace efforts.
The 1980 likely deal with Iran to delay release of hostages until after election. Credibility buttressed by later Iran-Contra deal.
The 2000 theft by Supreme Court and voter purging.
The diary concluded: “Passive or active collaboration with a foreign power against the interests of the United States is disqualifying. Something must be done. ”
The electoral history of the late 20th and early 21st centuries shows one conclusion:
Republicans only win by cheating and treason.
This has to stop now.
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*You can most likely add 1988 because most believe HW Bush was at the bottom of Iran-Contra.