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Related: About this forumPresident of the United States Resigning. All The President's Men Revisited.
This is for education purposes only. A Robert Redford small feature on the impact of Watergate 40 years later. The video reassembles the major players of the film 'All the President's Men, 1976' along with political guests and reexamines both the film and actual events surrounding Watergate.
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President of the United States Resigning. All The President's Men Revisited. (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Oct 2017
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Oh those happy days of Watergate when we thought Nixon was as bad as it could get
dflprincess
Oct 2017
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dflprincess
(28,091 posts)1. Oh those happy days of Watergate when we thought Nixon was as bad as it could get
We were so young, so naive.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)3. Nixon: "One year of Watertgate is enough." LOL.
The American people kept the pressure on, and that made the difference. Lest we forget!
Turbineguy
(37,392 posts)5. Yeah
I never thought it could ever be worse.
But as Sinclair Lewis pointed out, It Can Happen Here.
George II
(67,782 posts)2. That was a historic time. I was glued to my radio and television for what little coverage....
...we had back then. That was pre-cable and pre-internet.
For some reason I don't think that was all bad. We got the news we needed, and not hours and hours of "analysis".
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)6. They pre-empted soap operas, almost unheard of back then.
Everyone was glued to the hearings. I was thrilled to see some justice come to our nation's number one crook. Here's hoping Trump gets his too.
BigmanPigman
(51,648 posts)4. I have seen this twice on MSNBC but still find it
captivating. We never learn from our mistakes.