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In reply to the discussion: The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]bigtree
(85,920 posts)9. absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities
. . .and ideals about how government should operate.
I would note that Johnson's tapes were appalling. Nixon's should make many of those coarse and anti-democratic and anti-constitutional and sometimes outright racist and bigoted discussions sound like a society tea party in comparison.
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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