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lizzieforkerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:08 AM Original message |
Question for the people who were around during Watergate |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. when they got redford and hoffman to star, i figured it was pretty big. |
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Chili (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. LOLOL! |
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fearnobush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Any chance Olbermann could be shadowing in that role today? |
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Donailin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
49. FOFL! |
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EMunster (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Watergate Timeline |
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JoanneNH (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I wish I could remember Tom Brokaw's exact quote.... |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well...... |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I felt the same way. I could not believe that our president |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Beleive me there are people who |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. The Boston alternative press was all over it |
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understandinglife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. It took an extended period before most folk... |
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shakerbaker (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. It took a while |
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EMunster (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Better Timeline |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't exactly remember when... my memory consists of buying |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. It was a rather gradual development, but after awhile it was apparent |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
9. I remember seeing it buried in the back of the paper and feeling there |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Long, slooooooooooow build. |
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DianeG5385 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
11. I was in serious denial, to the day he resigned. |
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kitchen girl (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. The hearings were during the summer of 1973. |
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Griffy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks for the perspective... must pace myself... |
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queeg (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Break--In |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 11:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
54. Hi queeg!! |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. Given that Nixon had a reputation... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. I was an adult, living in the DC area at the time. |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. The Dorothy Hunt angle is fascinating |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Because I worked at |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. wasn't a major network woman news reporter on that plane too?? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
72. I witnessed that plane crash, from a distance |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. I knew that it was no ordinary break in when it was first reported. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. There were daily stories, for weeks or months. |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. thanks for the quick recollections |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. interesting name you have there..... |
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KaliTracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Hi |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. Two things happened that busted Nixon |
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lizzieforkerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. When did you start to realize it was pretty big? |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I was a first-year law student, |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. I watched the hearings on TV...was on a local bus with my son, driver |
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illflem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. I realized something was up before the election |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. As I recall now the actual break-in at the Watergate complex... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
61. I see that same quality in *co - it is the fatal flaw that will bring |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. long slow build and then amazing day-by-day revelations |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
73. We may have to be the force that "impeaches" the current crooks |
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jamboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. Very slow development as far as the average person was concerned. nt |
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AtLiberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. You must realize that some close to Nixon... |
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illflem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
32. Don't forget VP Spiro resigning in the middle of it all |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
34. I was a kid, but I do have vivid memories. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Wow! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 09:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
52. Remember Martha Mitchell taking all the heat. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
65. only 2 women in the whole thing RWoods and Martha...no women's lib |
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EMunster (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. Keep in mind that everything that people regularly see a lot of things.... |
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Lady Sonelle (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. When it Hit The News |
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livvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. What a neat story! And what a great family treasure! n/t |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. That is a great story |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
38. It took a while but also, that was a different time because |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. I remember hearing about the break-in when it happened, and I never |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
63. many just got shell-shocked and stayed that way |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
43. What I remember |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Hi two gun sid!! |
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tngledwebb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. Big slow building story, but hearings made it compelling- |
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k8conant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
45. I didn't know for quite a while -- but it fit what I felt about Nixon |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. We were so eager for him to be brought down BEFORE Watergate |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
50. Interesting reading here |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Watergate. Hm-m-m... |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 09:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Here is a quick google |
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cyn2 (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
53. As others have said, long slow build... |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
57. For several months the story was almost buried |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. soap operas pre-empted |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. hearings made everyone a news junkie...CNN 24 hour news started from |
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googly (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
59. Does anyone know who DEEP THROAT was? Any guesses?? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Deep-throat? I read quite a bit and it was... |
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Chasing Dreams (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. I turned 15 in Spring 1973, and I followed the Watergate Story |
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kk897 (829 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
68. It's an interesting question, and some fabulous responses |
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lizzieforkerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:30 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. LOL! I have enjoyed reading every response also. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
70. I thought something was wrong the moment I heard of it |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. One more go round |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. The other day on Unsolved Mysteries |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
77. Deep Throat? Very surprisingly... |
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