From Dave Dubya:
The pattern of history is clear. The monster has risen again and again. Evil has been piled upon evil.
Nixon failed to cover up his crimes, resigned, and was pardoned.
The Republican Party was somewhat unrepentant. Authoritarian Nixon loyalists stood by their guy, and one named Roger Stone would be rewarded for his loyalty to a future criminal president.
The Reagan Revolution handed the levers of power to Wall Street and the military industrial complex. The Reagan Administration was rife with crooks and corruption. The Iran/Contra criminals evaded justice and were pardoned. They got away with it. Ollie North became a media celebrity.
The Republican Party was unrepentant. And Bill Clinton chose unity, joined the Republicans in cutting safety nets and said, “The era of big government is over”.
Then the Party of Cheney started a war based on lies, detained people without charges and counsel, and tortured them. The Republican Party’s march against democracy was goose-stepping towards their triumph of the will…and they got away with it.
The Republican Party was unrepentant. Obama chose unity and to “look forward”.
Then Trump said he would bring back torture, called for the imprisonment of his opponent, and invited Russia to help him attack Hillary.
Trump’s racist birtherism and nationalism united racists, white nationalists, and uneducated gullible white people into the largest cult in our history. Trump’s corrupt and criminal cronies were pardoned and coddled.