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I was a kid during Watergate (Original Post) thegoose Feb 2019 OP
Me too... dawg day Feb 2019 #1
Summer between freshman and sophomore years of high school. luvs2sing Feb 2019 #2
i was in my early 20s..i paid SOME attention but not a lot.....the only thing that stands out is... samnsara Feb 2019 #3
I was all of 16 in 1974 GWC58 Feb 2019 #4
Fuck yeah! thegoose Feb 2019 #5
I was 12 BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #6

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
2. Summer between freshman and sophomore years of high school.
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:19 AM
Feb 2019

My best friend and I went to the pool every day if the weather wasn’t lousy. If it was, we would make a big pot of spaghetti and watch the Watergate hearings. I remember a lot of pasta and TV. I think we mostly watched to see what Mo Dean would be wearing. 😂

samnsara

(17,600 posts)
3. i was in my early 20s..i paid SOME attention but not a lot.....the only thing that stands out is...
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:21 AM
Feb 2019

.. Mo Deans big blond bun, sitting behind her husband when he was testifying. I always thought she was so sophisticated looking..

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
4. I was all of 16 in 1974
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:23 AM
Feb 2019

when the Watergate hearings were taking place. This is much, much worse than was Watergate. Michael Cohen is the next John Dean. Listening to Jim Jordan is laborious. Fuck him!! 😡

BumRushDaShow

(128,259 posts)
6. I was 12
Wed Feb 27, 2019, 11:30 AM
Feb 2019

and had a poly-sci mother who intently watched it with us (ran on PBS here). I couldn't keep track of Ehrlichman and Haldeman and Ruckelshaus and all the other obscure (to me) folks.

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