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hollywood926 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:42 PM Original message |
For those of you who remember Watergate... |
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whalerider55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. as i remember... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Agnew: Really penny ante bu**sh*t |
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whalerider55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. yeah |
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nixonwasbetterthanW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Agnew had nothing to do with Watergate |
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BayStateBoy (562 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. First report was a paragraph on about page 23 WP |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. nailed agnew on tax evasion |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. As I recall ... the thing leaked out in bits, after ... |
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Catholic Sensation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. five "cubans" were arrested |
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whalerider55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. and... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. one big difference, though |
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ROC (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. There were some giants in Congress then! |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. I asked apolitical mother what it was like |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Both....It was a shock, then the after-shocks just kept coming.... |
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hollywood926 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, where ARE they.... |
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whalerider55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. i take exception |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was pretty busy with little kids |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. IIRC, an alert security guard saw flashlights and interrupted what |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. I am fairly sure this is how it went..... |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. And Katherine Graham... |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. yes I apologize |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Don't apologize....I didn't mean you forgot her.... |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. yaep!!! |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I am, I am.... |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. i haven't been there for a very long time |
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ROC (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Check the record |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. interesting... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think the news of the break-in, and the following investigation led |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. It leaked out... |
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ecoalex (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes it was very gradual , but toppled another megalomainic |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. It took 2 years and started with a small drip, drip, drip |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
19. Amazingly long, frustrating creep. It seemed that the truth would never |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here's a timeline: |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. It took forever. The original burglary was seen as a prank at worst. |
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Desperadoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. It all started |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. From the time Nixon |
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Marymarg (773 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. John Dean |
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Zensea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I still remember watching Butterfield that day |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. Read "All The President's Men" |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
43. Was it "Royal Guard?" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. It took a LONG time! In fact, |
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Slit Skirt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. when your trying to investigate a conspiracy.... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That's right. |
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Ann Arbor Dem (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. The Watergate Hearings were amazing. |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Watergate break in was in June 1972 and Nixon resigned in August 1974. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Trouble is, Nixon feared the press in those days. The press fears Bushco, |
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Pepperbelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
39. drip ... drip ... drip-drip ... drip ... nt |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. Dems controlled Congress back in those days. |
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Emboldened Chimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. I just read All the Presidents men... |
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ecoalex (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. Nixon was after John Kerry |
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West Coast Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. Watch "All the Presidents Men", then "Nixon", then last but not least.... |
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kostya (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. It took forever and then it really only spilled over the dam |
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West Coast Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Yes, one thing's for sure...Repubs never make tape recording of meetings |
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