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In reply to the discussion: The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]H2O Man
(73,333 posts)24. Very well-said!
Thank you!
I remember my father asking my uncles: "Would you buy a used car from that man?" I assumed it was something he came up with, although later in life, I learned it was something that good Democrats of Dad's generation were asking across the country.
As I'm reading the book, that question keeps popping into my mind. I believe that to DUers our age, the context has more meaning, because of what it meant to our fathers' generation.
Also, I think that despite his outrageous antics -- he was a genius in terms of street theater -- that Abbie was one of the most intelligent, thoughtful people from that era. In the literal sense, he had far more respect for the US Constitution than thugs like Nixon or Hoover.
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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