Reply #10: watergate [View All]

[tulsakatz]

yeah, I've been watching that movie a lot lately!! And yes, I am hoping this Rove/Plame thing is going to be another Watergate!!!

What's really surprising is that they began building the story before the election and it ends when Nixon gets sworn in! I was amazed that they were working on the story that far in advance!! I didn't even hear the word Watergate until much later.

There's one part in the film where Bradlee is talking about criticism (from other papers) and he tells them 'you'll see. Just wait until this thing bottoms out' but the truth is I can't figure what what we've got!! Imagine the difficulty of a situation where, even the editor isn't sure of the story!

These guys (Woodward and Bernstein) showed a lot of courage by pursuing this story. Practically no one believed them but they did it anyway!