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Atticus

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20. I was old enough to collect signatures on a petition urging Nixon's impeachment

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Aug 22, 2018, 02:24 PM

Aug 2018

and a quarter from each signer to pay for forwarding it to Congress via Western Union, i.e., a lengthy telegram!

My impression of Dean was that he was someone who gradually "got in over his head". When he eventually pulled back far enough to see clearly what he had become a part of AND realized he was being set up to take the blame, he blew the lid off cesspool that Nixon's White House had become. But, to put that impression in perspective, I also recall being certain that Nixon would be the worst aberration to occupy the Oval Office in my lifetime. My naivete is embarrassing.

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Question about John Dean for people who lived through Watergate [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2018 OP

John dean was about protecting his ass. I remember the moment when he beachbum bob Aug 2018 #1

I agree bob. saidsimplesimon Aug 2018 #2

Much like Michael Cohen. nt WhiteTara Aug 2018 #25

I thought it was Al Butterfield who first revealed the WH taping system to the investigators. WheelWalker Aug 2018 #4

Nope, during an actual watergate hearing. Dean said tapes existed beachbum bob Aug 2018 #10

I think Dean speculated that there were tapes and Butterfield confirmed it. meadowlander Aug 2018 #16

I believe Dean "suspected" that Nixon had taped him because he kept Atticus Aug 2018 #22

Yep, Dean thought there were tapes, but DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #24

As You And LeftieNanner Said. . . ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #6

Was Dean 1st to state publicly there were tapes? I thought it was someone else, then Dean confirmed bobbieinok Aug 2018 #17

He was a very ambitious lawyer leftieNanner Aug 2018 #3

There is some strong comparison between he and Cohen, but not Rove. tonyt53 Aug 2018 #5

Ultimately it's better to do the right thing even for the wrong reason. Girard442 Aug 2018 #14

He seems at peace now. tonyt53 Aug 2018 #29

I can't answer his question but have an interesting tidbit. Claritie Pixie Aug 2018 #7

He was unknown pre-Watergate. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #8

This. Nixon ran a tighter ship than Trump. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #26

Then, as now, few knew who the WH Counsel was... Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #27

I recall basically nothing about him other than he was one of many ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #9

Although Dean was originally sentenced to 1-4 years in prison after he pled guilty ... GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #11

The reduced sentence was fully justified. He almost singlehandedly took Nixon down. hedda_foil Aug 2018 #33

before Nixon (and Watergate) lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #12

Dean was WH Counsel (Councel, Council...) 11cents Aug 2018 #13

I don't think I considered Dean a villain or a hero. By Raven Aug 2018 #15

Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Dean song from 1973 (Can't get C&P) irisblue Aug 2018 #18

Stupid teaches zipplewrath Aug 2018 #19

I was old enough to collect signatures on a petition urging Nixon's impeachment Atticus Aug 2018 #20

An ambitious, talented libertarian-leaning conservative Hortensis Aug 2018 #21

What Dean said about the tapes: Hamlette Aug 2018 #23

I just remember Dean as WH counsel DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #28

I just remember his wife. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2018 #30

Nobody had heard of him. He stayed out of the news, unlike Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Mitchell. hedda_foil Aug 2018 #31

I doubt most people knew who he was until he spilled the beans at the hearing eleny Aug 2018 #32