Gold Water Gate Rules

[ProfessorGAC]

15. That Makes Sense

Given the stakes, i recall a lot of tension among those running for the nomination, even before the presumptive nominee was killed in '68

I was still in 6th grade then, so i didn't have my political big boy pants yet, but was at least paying attention to the nightly news.

By '72, the infighting was palpable and i clearly remember the "scandal" when the Eagleton stuff was released. Weird part was, i remember a lot of the sentiment being, "well this might not matter unless the president dies or something". Nobody thought much of the importance of the VP. (After all, if Agnew could do it. . .)

But, i think it was pretty clear, even in reading All The President's Men, that this was WAY deeper than a break in of one office.