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murielm99

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59. Heck yes!

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 05:19 PM

Dec 2016

I was a Watergate junkie. I came home from work and watched the hearings on PBS until all hours of the night. Then I got up early and went to work all over again. I was exhausted. I still have all the books written about the topic.

This is so much worse.

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How many here watched the Nixon watergate hearings? [View all] shraby Dec 2016 OP

Watch most of them. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #1

I agree, Mr.Bill Dec 2016 #2

You're absolutely right. shraby Dec 2016 #3

Simiply the Democrats allowed Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #12

That was due to Ford being in office at the time and giving Nixon a pardon. shraby Dec 2016 #16

And the Democratic Party was put on Notice, Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #17

Ultimately the conversation will turn to what kompromat Russia got from the RNC and Republicans. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #4

There's been a bad smell wafting from Washington for a long time. shraby Dec 2016 #8

I did - and kept thinking, "I KNEW he wasa crook!" nt csziggy Dec 2016 #5

I remember it too. lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #36

Me too! Ligyron Dec 2016 #56

Not all, but I watched a good bit. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #6

I watched them all. n/t GP6971 Dec 2016 #7

I just wish there was more time for this to play out and that Trump would be Tanuki Dec 2016 #9

Watched almost every day. CincyDem Dec 2016 #10

Much of the hearing about Russia will be closed. MineralMan Dec 2016 #11

I don't think that will play in Peoria so to speak. shraby Dec 2016 #13

It doesn't have to "play in Peoria," frankly. MineralMan Dec 2016 #19

Me, too shraby eleny Dec 2016 #14

Yes benld74 Dec 2016 #15

They interrupted my cartoons. TXCritter Dec 2016 #18

i was gonna say they interrupted my soaps. no dark shadows. grrr. mopinko Dec 2016 #24

No Dark Shadows?!?!?!?! nini Dec 2016 #28

Must have been repeats Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #71

I remember that as well NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #40

We are the lost generation :) TXCritter Dec 2016 #64

Another thing that happened which could happen in this when it gets shraby Dec 2016 #20

Alexander Porter Butterfield! hatrack Dec 2016 #25

I remember those well. cwydro Dec 2016 #21

I remember. I was 12 or 13 @ the time... TheDebbieDee Dec 2016 #22

Yep. i was in my 20's and remember Greybnk48 Dec 2016 #23

I watch - way back when vlyons Dec 2016 #26

Yes, they are still in payback mode and their hatred for Hillary starts with her work on the Comm. Coyotl Dec 2016 #55

Me. Unforgettable. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #27

There is a big difference here. Scruffy1 Dec 2016 #29

yes, and by big margins NewJeffCT Dec 2016 #43

Me. Every day, all the time. Atman Dec 2016 #30

I did and nothing that has ever happened is more distressing and fearful than right now. FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2016 #31

that's it. barbtries Dec 2016 #46

Didn't have a TV, but Retrograde Dec 2016 #32

watched it like a hawk... spanone Dec 2016 #33

Yes, as often as possible. flor-de-jasmim Dec 2016 #34

Where is a Senator Sam Ervin when you need one? Fichefinder Dec 2016 #35

I think Sen. Howard Baker is the one who asked the question blue neen Dec 2016 #51

It was him. n/t duffyduff Dec 2016 #66

My dad was a stickler about getting us kids interested in current events, procon Dec 2016 #37

My Grandfather get the red out Dec 2016 #41

I watched some. n/t. whathehell Dec 2016 #38

Watched all of it. gademocrat7 Dec 2016 #39

Count me in. I remember them very TrishaJ Dec 2016 #42

I remember John Dean testifying, and thinking, "I wonder if there if proof to what he is saying..." Stuart G Dec 2016 #44

i did. barbtries Dec 2016 #45

I did but I doubt our current corporate media would broadcast these hearings kimbutgar Dec 2016 #47

Repubicans control Congress... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #48

Every last word of it. It was so incredible to see Nixon get his due. Thanks Hillary. Coyotl Dec 2016 #49

Saw they were on MFM008 Dec 2016 #50

We analyzed them in my 6th grade citizenship class. CentralMass Dec 2016 #52

I watched them when I could, and when they were on during the day spent my lunch hour.... George II Dec 2016 #53

I was but a schoolchild at the time, but I remember them being on TV. nt Gore1FL Dec 2016 #54

Every moment. Compelling. Lint Head Dec 2016 #57

I had just graduated from nursing school, and made the... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #58

Heck yes! murielm99 Dec 2016 #59

I still have my copy of the Whitehouse transcripts n/t wryter2000 Dec 2016 #61

Watched nearly every moment wryter2000 Dec 2016 #60

Let's hope there's a hearing that results in ManBaby boarding a helicoper ala Nixon. Vinca Dec 2016 #62

It was small change compared to Russiagate! Had to get Russiagate doc03 Dec 2016 #63

Watched every minute of the Ervin committee hearings. duffyduff Dec 2016 #65

One of the highlights of my life UTUSN Dec 2016 #67

I was 10, and rushed home after school to watch them lostnfound Dec 2016 #68

Watched as much as I could! Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #69

Bits and pieces Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #70