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22181 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:34 AM Original message |
Who Here Was Around During Watergate? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. I was a kid but my folks made me listen to hearings that summer |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Oh, but to answer your question |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. The focus then was on the Vietnam War... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Very True - no one wanted to see scandal - Vietnam was the issue - and |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Watergate was kid stuff compared to the crimes of the BFEE |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Nixon didnot do the Coup.....lied and stalled, plotted and connived...but |
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the Kelly Gang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Nixon was a pussycat compared to these guys |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. I was a senior in high school. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. I was 14 |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Off-tangent response. |
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Racenut20 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. The things that were earth shaking then don't raise the press' |
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Soloflecks (518 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yeah, I was around. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. "This is the endgame now. This is their last chance." Hardly |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. I remember |
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democraticinsurgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. i was a college student |
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22181 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 07:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You know Indiana... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. My Mom was absolutely addicted to the whole story, & the Senate |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. I was (almost) 22 when Nixon resigned |
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MrBenchley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. Nixon was MUCH scarier than the Chimp |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Nixon had a constant adversary relationship with the press........ |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Both parties did not play those kind of dirty tricks |
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Blue Wally (974 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Ummm..... |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Muskie didn't self-destruct |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Nixon didn't bring along the neocons, |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 10:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. I don't think "Nixon was MUCH scarier than the Chimp" |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. * & company make nixon look like pre-schoolers n/t |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
21. Nixon was a scary guy |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. Oh, yes. I remember it very clearly. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. I agree with most of the above |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. No, EVERYTHING Stuck to NIXON, and Dems Were NOT Frustrated |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Threadkiller: I'm Still Pissed at McGovern n/t |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. I never put much importance on Watergate |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. It was amazing to watch as the screw turned. |
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LuLu550 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Viet Nam war made me nuts but yes, |
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jdonaldball (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. I remember a comedy LP record, "The Watergate Comedy Hour" |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. DU: Watergate Unit? |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
34. There was truthful news coverage back then |
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carolinayellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Plus Congressional Democrats with some spine |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. the neocons learned much from Watergate |
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democraticinsurgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. bush 41 was RNC chairman |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-21-04 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. I was there- Watergate hadn't exploded yet. |
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