If you don't remember Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/102173-2.htm

It's a fascinating read. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...

[GP6971]

1. I rremember it well

EVERYONE in our family was glued to the TV for days

[struggle4progress]

2. "Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress

and ultimately the American people."

-- Archibald Cox

[elleng]

3. The good old days!

We knew the future would be BETTER. Now, not so much.

[radical noodle]

4. I remember it well

but a refresher is always good. Thanks!

[briv1016]

5. My parents where still teenagers.

[Ms. Toad]

7. I was a teenager. n/t

[prairierose]

6. The first thing I thought of...

when I heard the news about this firing.