re: #202 Charles Johnson

There were singular scandals that changed the course of history. Watergate was one. Iran Contra was another. Those were the two most serious scandals in the past 40 years. I’m not talking about policy disputes here. I’m talking actual criminal actions (and not perjury traps either).

Trying to turn every scandal into the next Watergate undermines the importance of what Watergate (or Iran Contra) was all about.

If you turn every scandal or kerfuffle or policy disagreement into claims of Watergate, then none are. It shows that your understanding of history is faulty.

There’s no shades of Watergate here. It’s not even in the same ballpark. Or universe for that matter.

Wishing that they are isn’t the same as having a factual basis either. Instapundit may wish that Benghazi rises to the level of Watergate, but the public and media have basically seen it for what it is - a tragic event but not one in which the WH or the President was guilty of a crime by action/inaction.