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11. It's interesting to hear from others who remember this sad part of our history

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 10:44 AM

Aug 2013

I was only 16 then, so wasn't paying too much attention to politics yet. But since Watergate had been all over the news for so long I knew that Nixon was a scumbag and was glad to see him go. I was raised republican, this mess was the start of my transformation away from the dark side. (It took my dad longer to see the light, but before he died he'd witnessed all that W had done to this country and realized how screwed up and selfish the republicans were).

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39 years ago today - Richard Nixon announces resignation - August 8, 1974 [View all] Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 OP

I was 19 then, and... MarianJack Aug 2013 #1

The beginning of the end of the rule of law in this country truebluegreen Aug 2013 #7

That pardon... MarianJack Aug 2013 #9

Yep. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #12

While Nixon was president, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2013 #2

I'm sure the "liberal media" will memorialize this with lotsa coverage, right? Scuba Aug 2013 #3

I was working at UPS that summer. Johnny Noshoes Aug 2013 #4

Now that was a great day, I remember it well. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #5

It was a thing of beauty. I remember it well livetohike Aug 2013 #6

Nixon, Raegan and George W Moron,... MarianJack Aug 2013 #10

Me neither.....it was all horrible for those of us who lived through it livetohike Aug 2013 #15

And ushered in the last era of progressive reform, 1974 - 1980. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #8

It's interesting to hear from others who remember this sad part of our history groundloop Aug 2013 #11

Bump DreamSmoker Aug 2013 #13

His "genius"' was in making the listener feel sorry for him zebonaut Aug 2013 #14