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In reply to the discussion: The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)31. One of the most despicable things Nixon did
in a nearly endless list of same - was allowing Julie to go out and make 100+ speeches defending his innocence during Watergate. The bastard knew that he was lying through her by proxy and he let the poor girl do it. That was an unspeakably awful thing to do to one of your own children.
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absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities
bigtree
Jul 2014
#9
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus,
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#23
I'm Class of '71; my 19th birthday was Election Day '68. When I was 10, I quit Girl Scouts because
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#33
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#40
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it
WinkyDink
Jul 2014
#34