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Smarmie Doofus

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32. My image of him is frozen in time: '73 Watergate hearings.
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 04:47 PM
Jul 2014

He seemed kind of stilted, robotic. My impression was that he turned "state's evidence" under pressure from the prosecutors. (I'm not the student of the period you are.But I did live through it and followed it fairly carefully.)

His narrative was somewhat suspect at that point as his intention was to minimize his own role and give the prosecutors the big prize, ( Nixon) in return for consideration for himself. (And that's pretty much what transpired.)

While Dean clearly was not acting out of any kind of altruism.... I basically believed the narrative to be truthful in its main points. ( So did everyone , eventually.)



The guy on the radio the other day seemed to be a different person altogether. (Naturally: he's not under threat of indictment for anything.) Spontaneous, sharp, somewhat charming .... and yes... *highly* intelligent.

I know he's moved to the "left" politically in recent years... esp as pertains Bush II and Cheney . I think he still ID's as a libertarian Conservative. He first came to the Nixon group through his association w. the Goldwater movement... if I'm not mistaken. Maybe he's comfortable now w. the Rand Paul wing now.

I didn't catch enough of the interview to get a full sense of him as a person.

The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all] H2O Man Jul 2014 OP
As I was posting this, H2O Man Jul 2014 #1
Good kids indeed. panader0 Jul 2014 #8
Nothing like it H2O Man Jul 2014 #11
K & R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2014 #2
Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2014 #12
K and R. Did you hear John Dean on NPR this am? n/t Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #3
I didn't. H2O Man Jul 2014 #13
I was surprised by how energetic he is. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #19
What do you think H2O Man Jul 2014 #27
My image of him is frozen in time: '73 Watergate hearings. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #32
Thanks H2O Man lovemydog Jul 2014 #4
One of my H2O Man Jul 2014 #14
The nature of Nixon is an endlessly interesting thing. hifiguy Jul 2014 #5
Right. H2O Man Jul 2014 #15
One of the most despicable things Nixon did hifiguy Jul 2014 #31
Yes, I think Nixon is a fascinating subject--on LBJ... WI_DEM Jul 2014 #6
To this day hifiguy Jul 2014 #7
absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities bigtree Jul 2014 #9
True! H2O Man Jul 2014 #16
The Nixon Tapes: 1971 -1972 crazyward Jul 2014 #10
Sounds good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #21
So many bad things sprouted from Nixon's corrupted, toxic swamp. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #17
Indeed, they did. H2O Man Jul 2014 #22
Nixon was one sick fu*k of a President. Major Hogwash Jul 2014 #18
Very well-said! H2O Man Jul 2014 #24
PBS' History Detectives MinM Jul 2014 #20
Very good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #25
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus, WinkyDink Jul 2014 #23
Ah, now I feel better! H2O Man Jul 2014 #26
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
Very interesting! H2O Man Jul 2014 #35
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped WinkyDink Aug 2014 #40
I think the Anna Chennault Affair of 1968 is the key to Watergate... First Speaker Jul 2014 #28
I was thunderstruck the first time I read the Anna Chennault story hifiguy Jul 2014 #30
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it WinkyDink Jul 2014 #34
Pat Buchanan has new book out on Nixon... KoKo Jul 2014 #29
Nixon was a protege`of none other than hootinholler Jul 2014 #36
Nixon was a saint compared to that line of 'Texans.' Octafish Jul 2014 #37
Surely the Baron would have been the mentor? hootinholler Jul 2014 #38
Nixon remembered what Willie Sutton said... Octafish Aug 2014 #39
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