Remember the Nixon Hearings? I do. Remember the Clinton Hearings?

[MineralMan]

I do.

Now, get ready for the Trump Hearings! They'll be great television!

[Shell_Seas]

1. No, to both.

I'm only 38.

[MineralMan]

5. OK. Then, be sure to watch the public hearings in the

Trump impeachment situation. I was glued to the TV for both the Nixon and Clinton hearings. You'll want to watch. It's live history.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I watched both on the ol' RadiationKing TV

Interestingly, a player from the Clinton impeachment rears his head in the Trump/Ukraine saga... Bob Livingston!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212637185

Everything old is new again...

[mcar]

3. I remember them both

I was 15 during the Watergate hearings. I watched as much as I could. Even then, I knew it was history. I also devoured "All the President's Men.

[malaise]

4. Oh Yes!

[flor-de-jasmim]

6. I do, and I certainly remember the holier than Thou Republican hypocrites.

[MineralMan]

8. It's all very informative, isn't it?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Will Fat Nixon himself testify? I'd pay good money to watch that.

It's not a criminal trial so the same rules about a defendant not having to testify don't apply. What if he's called as a witness? He thinks he's smarter than everybody else, and despite his lawyers' warnings I can imagine him wanting to put on a show before the Senate and rant about the Deep State and how it's all so unfair. And he'll dig his own grave with his word salad (and there's a seriously mixed metaphor for ya). And who will represent him? Rudy? That would be even more fun to watch.

[MineralMan]

9. No. He won't. He probably won't even be subpoenaed.

But, he'll Tweet. Oh, yes...he'll Tweet!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Damn. That would be such fun.

But he could testify if he wanted to, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he wanted to.

[MineralMan]

12. That would be great, but he'll be strongly advised against it.

I doubt if we'll hear from him in the hearings. He'll have plenty to say on Twitter, though.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. He gets strongly advised against a lot of things and does them anyway.

Also, he has the worst lawyers in the world.

[Andy823]

20. Exactly

one thing about a narcissist, they "think" they are smarter than everyone else, superior in every way from others. They think they can lie their way out of anything, and people will believe them. The problem is they are not the person they think they are, and as in trumps case, people may be afraid of him, but the vast majority can't stand him.

If trump does decide to speak out, he will not get the reaction he thinks.

[Arkansas Granny]

18. He's not exactly know for listening to his advisors.

[uponit7771]

10. No to both, I was voting by Clinton but thought it was so stupid. We were laughing at Republicans...

... being jealous.

[MineralMan]

13. I guess I'm a news junkie then.

[femmocrat]

14. Funny, I remember Nixon better than Clinton.

I was a young stay-at-home mom during Watergate and I watched it every day.

I didn’t pay as much attention to the Clinton hearings because I was working. Actually, I think I wanted to ignore it. It was pretty depressing.

[Demsrule86]

15. I don't remember either. I do know my parents change their voting habits. My Dad who was a

Rockefeller Republican became a Democrat and my Mom the independent also became a Democrat during the Clinton impeachment. They felt the GOP was out to get Clinton and were playing partisan politics. Both my parents were involved in civil rights...and Dad was GOP...my how the parties have changed...ours for the better the GOP well they went to the dark side.

[Arkansas Granny]

17. Yes and yes. I'm stocking up on popcorn for this one.

[MineralMan]

19. One of the advantages of working out of a home office

is that when news breaks, you can keep an eye on it. I've been self-employed since 1974, and have worked from a home office most of the time since then. Even when my wife and I rented office space, though, we had a TV in our rented office suite.

[braddy]

21. No TV in the Army for Nixon, no TV during Clinton years, no TV now, so the TV portion doesn't

get my attention.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. I watched as much of the Watergate coverage as I could -

but the televised hearings we all remember (if we're old) weren't the Nixon impeachment hearings in the House in 1974, but the Senate Watergate investigation hearings in 1973. For the most part the actual impeachment hearings were not televised. I listened to the Clinton hearings on the radio. What a farce that was.

[MineralMan]

23. You're right about those being the Watergate hearings.

It all played into the eventual resignation, though. I'll be looking forward to upcoming public hearings on the Ukrainegate matter. Or, should it be called "Morongate?"

[luvs2sing]

24. I was in high school during the Nixon hearings.

Summer of 1973, between freshman and sophomore years. I remember my best friend and I would go to the pool for a few hours every day, then come home, make spaghetti, and watch the Senate hearings. I don’t know why we watched them other than we hated Nixon and wanted to see what Mo Dean was wearing.

The night Nixon resigned, I was at the county fair with my boyfriend watching the Hurricane Hell Drivers. They interrupted the show and broadcast the speech over the rickety PA system. We cheered. Can’t imagine anyone in my home county doing that today. It is deep, scary Trump country now.

During the Clinton hearings, I was working full-time and being a busy new stepmother and band wife, so only knew what I heard listening to NPR while making the work commute and what my mother, a devout Democrat and news junkie, called to tell me.

Now I’m retired. I’m sure I’ll watch every day..maybe make spaghetti, too!

[NewJeffCT]

25. I remember Ollie North and Iran Contra

I don't really remember much with Clinton because I knew the charges were Trumped Up BS

I remember Watergate as a kid - I just hated coming home from elementary school and having my afternoon cartoons interrupted by Nixon's misdeeds.

[calimary]

26. Yep! Sure do!

Can’t wait!

[snowybirdie]

27. I was a young mom

in 1974. The Nixon hearings ignighted my interest in politics. Much better tv watching than soap operas and game shows.

[Gothmog]

28. I remember both set of hearings

[MineralMan]

29. We're really old, aren't we?

[Gothmog]

30. Yep

My high school Debate coach was also my civics teacher and so we paid attention to the Watergate hearings.

I have there children who are mad at me for supporting Biden.

[Hekate]

31. Do I ever. Was glued to the tv for Nixon. Clinton just infuriated me it was so bogus...

Several months ago someone here asked about the difference between then and now, and I said I was just numb. Just benumbed by Trump.

Let's just say, I'm not numb any more. GO NANCY!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. the Clinton theater was attempted revenge for Nixon

I didn't watch much of the Nixon hearings because it was clear he was a crook before his re-election. Couldn't believe people voted that scoundrel back into office. (Us McGovern voters were lonely).