Me: Watergate began with a real burglary that actually happened. They ran mug shots of the perps in the paper. Russiagate is comprised entirely of unsubstantiated claims spoken in authoritative tones by the same establishment loyalists who told us Saddam had WMDs.This Is Every Single Online Debate I’ve Ever Had About Russiagate:2K85Caitlin JohnstoneRob LanderosFollowJul 21, 2017 · 1 min readWatergate was a crime in search of a suspect. Russiagate is suspicion in search of a crime.