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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:03 PM Original message |
Does anyone remember what it was like when Richard Nixon |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. if you're going to read a Watergate book.... |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember it pretty well |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That Watergate moment |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Oh, God, I remember it, too |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. It was classic, I remember watching it also |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. tapes |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. The transcripts were published |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
56. Fat chance of that with THIS SCOTUS |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. This whole time reminds me of Watergate |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Bill Frist is no Barry Goldwater, that's for sure.n/t |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. They probably won't though |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
76. Barry Goldwater??? You mean Senator Baker, from Tennessee |
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David Briggs (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. The difference today is better communication. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Thank you, on behalf of circus people everywhere. |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. And another sad thing is |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. yes. i remember. i voted for McGovern in 72 -- we were also |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. They defended him as blindly as the KA drinkers are now. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Here's a timeline- Even after indictments, less than 1/2 the public knew |
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RazzleDazzle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
77. That's what I remember -- the glacial pace of the investigation |
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Robert Cooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hate to burst a bubble but... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Mine's on. They've jumped the shark. n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Draft ended in 1973. |
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Robert Cooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. events led up to '74 |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. The main difference between then and now |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. I didn't and don't know much about Bork. Could you elaborate? nt |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. The Saturday night masssacre |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Geezus Louey Delano! That was BORK! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Sure was |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It makes me think, the world is tiny. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. I remember the 18 minutes |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Remember the picture of Rosemary Woods? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. here it is... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. rofl |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. I remember Watergate...... |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Remember Barbara Jordan? |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think your mom may be mistaken about the China trip. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I think he went in '68 or '69? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:49 PM Original message |
We read them in the library and were shushed by the librarian |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. remember how Nixon had cherry-picked phrases to spin?! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Yep. And to think we'd live to see something worse than that. nt |
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Innoma (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Ellsberg, Sept. '71 - China Trip, Feb. '72 - Watergate, June '72 |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
59. yeah, that's how I remember it |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. We still have a newsprint |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. Maybe she confused the two incidents then |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. He was my boss for a while. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. he and LBJ were my CICs, too. |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I learned something very valuable from that era that still |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. Yeah, me too. |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. For "fun" read HST's Fear and Loathiing on the Campaign Trail also |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. haha I saw a button recently |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Oh man, I've thought that a brazillion times! n/t |
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Alexodin (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is a big question |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I'd say the difference between Nixon and B* is that Nixon once |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. What does |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Recovering Catholic here. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Oh heck |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Lol. May we both be forgiven. n/t |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:19 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. There's a lot to forgive too...'um...Ahem :) n/t |
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Innoma (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. Maybe I'm wrong here, but... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. You know, they own the media AND the voting machines |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. One big difference IMO |
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woofless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. The big difference. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Agree. These are not Republicans. I remember Republicans. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm reading everyone's comments and I'm learning a lot of stuff |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I dunno |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:26 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. If we get the Congress |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Two things. My gut says they jumped the shark yesterday. |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
49. The hearings were fascinating. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I watched them all summer, until my first was born in July. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
62. One difference is . . . |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. You |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Go ahead and spank me. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Sure |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. It gets more and more similar all the time |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Shorter, depending on who signs the check. |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
67. But "In the Beginning" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. dominos are spaced a bit. they're thru. watch. |
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