August 9, 1974 (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

Today seems like a good day to remember or recollect this event 50 years ago today. My attending college in Washington dovetailed with his term as president; my dorm in college was only a five minute walk to the White House. When he was re-elected in 1972, as they got ready for his second inaugural, they posted these signs all over Washington; I swiped this one that was across the street from my dorm. Hope they’re still not looking for me.



The day I finished my last exam in college was the day his trusted advisors, Haldeman and Ehrlichman aka the Germans, resigned. When I got back to my dorm after my test, my friends Jeff and Steve told me they had quit. We celebrated by getting high.

I was back in Washington in the summer of 1974 doing some research as Watergate percolated along. I rented a place for the summer with two other guys and on August 8 we watched his resignation speech. What I remember mostly about that was that it was a typical Washington hot and humid day. We didn’t have an air conditioner, just a fan, and the sweat just dripped off your body. When the speech was over and the decision made, it was mildly celebratory but more a relief that he was finally gone, once and forever.

 

[The Military Workshop]

Funnily enough just finished listening to Tucker Carlson interview with a guy called Geoff Shepard (junior lawyer on White House staff from 69-75) who has encyclopedic knowledge of the Nixon / Watergate matter. Written three books and just produced a documentary.

For those interested in that time it was a very interesting interview.

 

[Combat]

Nixon was his own worst enemy. The cover up being worse than the crime. Nevertheless, it does prove the old saying that "just because you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you." The media bias based on political affiliation is shameless and has gotten worse over time. We basically now have a press that is nothing more than a state sponsored media arm not dissimilar to that of Russia with one important difference. Our media is a true believer in the cause while those in Russia are being coerced.

 

[jazzeum]

Funnily enough just finished listening to Tucker Carlson interview with a guy called Geoff Shepard (junior lawyer on White House staff from 69-75) who has encyclopedic knowledge of the Nixon / Watergate matter. Written three books and just produced a documentary.

For those interested in that time it was a very interesting interview.

As a Nixon loyalist, I’d expect he’d have a different take on it. There was a book that came out last year called Watergate by Garrett Graff that I thought was a good history from beginning to end. There are many Watergate books that one can read. Even though I lived through it, it’s not a topic I care to read about that much. Perhaps it’s because I did live through it day by day.

There was short dramatic series on HBO last year with Woody Harrelson called White House Plumbers about Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy. A little over acted but it was enjoyable. Say what you want about Liddy but he never talked and stayed loyal to the end.

 

[Terp152]

Today seems like a good day to remember or recollect this event 50 years ago today. My attending college in Washington dovetailed with his term as president; my dorm in college was only a five minute walk to the White House. When he was re-elected in 1972, as they got ready for his second inaugural, they posted these signs all over Washington; I swiped this one that was across the street from my dorm. Hope they’re still not looking for me.

I was just down the road from you at U of Maryland at the same time and well remember the unfolding story.

 

[jazzeum]

I would be remiss in pointing out that many good things did happen under his watch, like the opening of China, creation of environmental policies, desegregation of schools and so forth. Unfortunately, he was also bedeviled by some demons that led to his downfall.

 

[Combat]

I would be remiss in pointing out that many good things did happen under his watch, like the opening of China, creation of environmental policies, desegregation of schools and so forth. Unfortunately, he was also bedeviled by some demons that led to his downfall.

True enough. Nixon was vilified by the liberal press. That made him paranoid. And unfortunately, he succumbed to his insecurities. If he had been a Dem, there is no way that Woodward and Berstein would have gone after him. It was a political hit job and he fell into the trap.