Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at watergate-like.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Watergate-like.
Examples
-
Maher observed that there is a "Watergate-like aspect" to the scandal and that it's creeping up the church hierarchy.
Christopher Hitchens: Catholic Church Wants 'Wiggle Room' For Rape And Torture Of Children (VIDEO) 2010
-
Put the Clintons away so they can go to jail over Watergate-like Peter Paul v. Clintons.
Superdelegate deluge 2008
-
Though he served as Prime Minister of Japan for a mere two years in the early '70's before being driven from power in Nixonian fashion in a Watergate-like scandal, for the next decade and a half Kakuei Tanaka served as Japan's shadow leader, known forever as The Kingmaker for his uncanny ability to govern Japan from the shadows, often hand-picking who would lead the country by controlling a powerful bloc of legislators.
Mark Joseph: Why Be President When You Can Be King(maker)? 2010
-
Though he served as Prime Minister of Japan for a mere two years in the early '70's before being driven from power in Nixonian fashion in a Watergate-like scandal, for the next decade and a half Kakuei Tanaka served as Japan's shadow leader, known forever as The Kingmaker for his uncanny ability to govern Japan from the shadows, often hand-picking who would lead the country by controlling a powerful bloc of legislators.
Mark Joseph: Why Be President When You Can Be King(maker)? 2010
-
Maher observed that there is a "Watergate-like aspect" to the scandal and that it's creeping up the church hierarchy.
Christopher Hitchens: Catholic Church Wants 'Wiggle Room' For Rape And Torture Of Children (VIDEO) 2010
-
Two strategies: go internet international, and buy Watergate-like 9/11 moles. '
In one form or another, America is headed for Revolution 2009
-
And, of course, they are always on the lookout for a Watergate-like scandal that would bring down Bush and bring back those wonderful glory days when they felt omnipotent and validated.
Archive 2009-01-01 Dr. Sanity 2009
-
Simply wet them down with Watergate-like impeachment hearings and you will easily strip them of their overreaching powers.
-
It would be hard to conceive of a set of circumstances, short of a Watergate-like scandal, that would be worse for the Republicans.
Mitchell Bard: Yes We Did! But There Is a Lot More to Do 2008
-
When US News & World Report posts their article on BushCo ordering “Watergate-like break-ins” to spy on Americans, we email this article to our family and friends with simple rhetorical questions:
Firedoglake » The Constitution Is Not A Legal Technicality 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.