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kairos12

(13,706 posts)
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 04:38 PM Aug 2014

Nixon Resigning--One of the happiest days of my life

I was in High School when he dragged his sorry ass out of the White House. I remember that day more vividly than the Moon Landing. Forty years later we have Shrub, Cruz, the Teahaddists, and Cheney.

WTF

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Nixon Resigning--One of the happiest days of my life (Original Post) kairos12 Aug 2014 OP
I was working at my first job. murielm99 Aug 2014 #1
the problem was the Ford pardon. Hoppy Aug 2014 #2
I was also in High School Gothmog Aug 2014 #3
It was a very happy day. love_katz Aug 2014 #4

murielm99

(33,083 posts)
1. I was working at my first job.
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 05:19 PM
Aug 2014

It was at a library media processing center for a large school district. I was a cataloger.

We brought a TV in, and watched everything. I am a Watergate junkie, to this day. I have read all the books. I watched the hearings on PBS in the evenings, when they were rebroadcast. I stayed up until all hours, but went to work energized by the unfolding story. It was like a Greek tragedy, hubris and all!

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
2. the problem was the Ford pardon.
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 06:40 PM
Aug 2014

This led to the present Imperial Presidency and Nancy "Impeachment is off the table."

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