IF you could do a Word Cloud of your childhood...what would show up LARGE?

[A HERETIC I AM]

74. We lived in DC from '67 to 72 and a lot of the lead in of Watergate happened while we lived there.

The news out of DC was interesting everyday, as I remember it. Hell, even as a 8, 9 ten and 11 year old it was difficult to not notice what was happening a mere 25 miles down the road, despite how much I might prefer to watch Looney Tunes.

We had moved to Alice Springs, NT Australia by late 1972 and was over there in December of 1973 when he resigned and famously left the White House grounds on Marine One.

It became clear to me that Americans would only put up with so much shit back then. Since you were "all growed" when it all went down, you may remember that it was often said in the months after the original news of the break-in at the Watergate complex broke, if Nixon had simply come on TV and admitted what had happened, apologized and did another "Checkers Speech" he would have stayed in office. I'm sure you recall he did win re-election in '72 by a landslide, and for those too young, it should be noted. It was Nixon's own hubris and paranoia that eventually screwed him over.

Did it make me feel cynical?

It certainly made me more aware, if nothing else.

(Edited the title line for accuracy)