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murielm99

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7. I was a total Watergate junkie.
Thu Aug 9, 2012, 11:40 PM
Aug 2012

I worked all day, and stayed up until the wee hours watching the hearings on T.V. I worked for a library system then. Most of the people were repubbies, but things were different then. Even the repubbies had figured out that Nixon was a crook and bad for the country.

After he resigned, the next day, we rolled a TV in, and watched live while he left Washington with his family. I will never forget it.

I felt vindicated.

Things are worse now. We need to catch a few more crooks and send them home, too. At this point, sending them out of Washington is good enough for me. I don't even care if they go to jail.

38 years ago today... [View all] Freddie Aug 2012 OP
My mom cried MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #1
"Now it's time to heal" Freddie Aug 2012 #3
Indeed. MannyGoldstein Aug 2012 #8
I am reminded of the line Gene Hackman's character in "Class Action" said dflprincess Aug 2012 #2
If you walk around Princeton just a block from the University you may want to sit and ponder the grantcart Aug 2012 #4
Great story Freddie Aug 2012 #12
Oh, yes. I am old enough to remember. SheilaT Aug 2012 #5
Sure, I remember it well. Blue_In_AK Aug 2012 #6
I remember it. I was in the army at the time. Adsos Letter Aug 2012 #9
I was a total Watergate junkie. murielm99 Aug 2012 #7
I was pretty young then only 3 years old davidpdx Aug 2012 #10
I was 5 Confusious Aug 2012 #11
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