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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTricky Dick resigned 38 years ago today
I have my own personal reasons for remembering this anniversary, none to do with politics at all.
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Tricky Dick resigned 38 years ago today (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Aug 2012
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Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)1. Was that when you lost your virginity?
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. And the Manson Clan killed the
LaBianca's on this night in 1969.
calimary
(81,264 posts)3. Man, I remember watching that on TV. Just mindblowing.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)4. I was celebrating the demise of the crook.
When Marine One was lifting off from the White House lawn with Dick inside I was dancing.
TeamPooka
(24,226 posts)5. Since this day in 1974 the GOP has "hated" government for it's corruption.
because they were the ones who corrupted it.
They have felt lots of self loathing ever since.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)6. I remember exactly what I was doing when I heard it
Of course, I'd been screaming at everybody that he should resign immediately for quite a while by then: when they saw me coming, people would find an excuse to be somewhere else
SoDesuKa
(3,173 posts)7. Don't Let the Door
Don't let the door hit you in the ass, chief.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)8. We can still kick the old Nixon around.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)9. That was the first shoe to drop
The second was the fall of Saigon.
We kinda got hit with a double whammy, didn't we?
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)10. You forget Spiro T. packing it in.