Political scandals are usually called "...-Gate". What was the first post-Watergate use of the '-gate' suffix?
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I suppose the first closest thing to Watergate (i.e. a REAL "-Gate", if you like) was Reagan's Iran-gate, "featuring/starring" Oliver North as the fall guy, etc. :-)
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It was when Nixon and his boys tried to cover up their involvement in a brake in at the democratic national headquarters located in the Watergate building in Washington D. C.
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It's not an official thing, it was just a convenience on election newscasts.\n\nIt does have the advantage of the mnemonic: Red/Republican (and, yes, I kinda like the irony that the former red-biters are now, themselves, red).\n\nIt wasn't until well into 2004 race that I realized "r for Red; r for Republican" and was able to keep them straight. Before I realized that, they just confused me.\n\nNow that they've caught on, I doubt it will change again. We've been using red and blue language steadily for some years now.\n\nSorry, I don't know the reason for the switch.
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Break it as anti-dis-establishment-ari-anism. It used to be a word with most alphabets I suppose.Am I right?
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By far the most shocking one that I'd discovered was "feisty," which literally means "like a farting dog."  It comes from an abbreviation of the phrase "fisting hound" or "fisting dog," and "fist" was in this case a reference to breaking wind.  (Though "fist" was used in the phrase as a general pejorative, like if you tripped over the "fucking chair.")
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I don't know if there's much etymology of the phrase, but here's an article about it which puts forth some interesting possibilities of the origin.\n\nQuote from the site:\n\n"Some linguists and historians think the expression must have been well known during the war years, citing a story about General Eisenhower's dog. The story goes that the dog (Felix) urinated on a map and the officers joked that the enemy was "pissed off." (Leonard Mosely, Marshall, 1982)."
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During Nixon's administration, Rep. VP Agnew was caught cheating on his taxes by the IRS. He resigned his office. Nixon then appointed Gerald Ford to take his place. When the Watergate burglary investigation was implicating Pres. Nixon, Nixon resigned and Rep. VP Gerald Ford became President, appointing Rockefeller  to the VP opening. The U.S. then had a President AND Vice President that was never elected by the people. Ford gave Nixon immunity  from prosecution for any crimes he may have committed while in office.\n\nNow give me all those thumbs down..........I love em'. \n\nThis set a double standard of justice in our country. While ordinary citizens were being prosecuted and jailed for far lesser crimes, President Nixon received the so called "Get out of jail free" card. It defied the U.S. Constitutional Bill of Rights concerning "equal justice".
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The only thing they change is the party in power.  Sorry but I can't see 10 cents worth of difference if you look at the parties in power over the years. So scandals hurt the party not the presidency.  Nixon got full retirement pay and all the benefits that the good guys got.
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people in watergate could not hold a lie together for a matter of weeks\n\nthe apostle eyewitnesses went to thier deaths holding that Jesus died for sins and rose from the dead\n\ncant make this stuff up
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You know I  have often answered this question in my mind and thought how can Americans see what was happening in the Iran-Contra affair and not just gasp at the implications that were easily drawn from it as it came out. Watergate was a silly, doeflly stupid blunder of cops and robbers played out by wannabees yet it toppled a government and put the first unelected American President (Gerald Ford) into office. On the other hand the Iran-Contra Affair was a well conceived, devious attempt to forstall the will of the American people whose representatives had voted to stop funding the Contra cause. They felt so sure that they were right, that the conspiritors skirted around the law and did what they wanted too. Apply that to any other situation and see where it goes too. The Clinton thing was a set up from the power of the Congress. Warren G harding who died in office in 1921 was caught in one of  the closets of the the White House by his wife "pounding" his secratary Nothing was ever said to the press and she was surely not prosecuted. I mean what is the basis for "High crimes and misdomeanors." in that personal, private, consenting act? Ken Star spent $74 million dollars of our money prosecuting that case and found virtually nothing. now look at the progess of the mischief of the republicans from bumbling thieves to cunning conspiritors. why because they Republicans realized they needed to get work smarter not harder. So they created Republican "think tanks" which made their little mischief so much more effective as the last 40 years has gone by. Ben Franklin, Washington and Jefferson warned us not to be afraid of the outside enemies but be very afraid of the enemies from within. Learn history or relive it.
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What are you talking about the scandals, the pedophile in the Administration (Brian j. Doyle) or all the gay Republicans in office?\n\nJack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Tom Delay, Carr, Dick Cheney or just Bush? 'OH" I forgot about "Your doing a heckava job Brownie," now clean your desk out!
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Cause:  Political greed and personal paranoia on behalf of President Nixon, (who has never been credited with ending the Vietnam war, and opening relations with china).\n\nEffect:  Overzealous prosecution for protecting his political friends for lying about a crime that was petty in nature.  It all ended when he was prosecuted by congress, and with dignity, resigned his elected office.
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I was at the Calgary Olympics in 1988, and one of the local strip clubs was having a "Miss Nude Olympics" show.  But then the lawyers for the IOC showed up, and threatened legal action for using the word "Olympics" without permission.  So the show was renamed "Miss Nude O-Word", to avoid litigation.
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Mysterious assassination of JFK\n\nWatergate\n\nIrangate
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"consent"\n\ngenerally, "democracy"
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When someone takes a bribe, the process is called "bribery."\n\nA general term for financial wrongdoing by government officials is "graft."
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I'm so sick of staunch conservatives bringing up the Clinton scandal.  Almost every president we've ever had, had mistresses. Apparently there was a time when the media didn't feel the need to air dirty laundry. It is rather comical, however, that the same people lampooning morality and declaring gay marriage a sin often turn out to be a pedifiles and closet homosexuals.