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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words will be featured on HBO tonight (9pm/est). I would strongly recommend that everyone who is able -- though I realize not everyone has access to HBO -- watch this documentary. Invite yourself over to a neighbors, a friends, or a relatives house, if need be. Even watch it with your redneck uncle, if you have to. It will definitely be worth it.
Here is a link to a Washington Post article about the documentary:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/hbos-nixon-by-nixon-on-tape-the-heart-of-darkness/2014/08/03/42a7355c-1926-11e4-85b6-c1451e622637_story.html
There are several books that have been released to generate sales during the 40th anniversary of Nixons historic resignation. They have value. No question about that.
But more important, by far, is for citizens -- you and I -- to listen to the tapes that Richard Nixon never dreamed would come back to haunt him. The interpretation of these strange recordings should not be left to historians alone: our Constitutional democracy depends upon our understanding of corruption in Washington, DC.
I will say that I feel particularly strongly about this, because I understand that one of the primary duties of the United States Senate is to educate the American public. And, for a brief season, the Senate engaged in an effort to do exactly that. They may have been handcuffed, by both loyalty to the system that enriched them, and by fear of the darker forces that controlled the nation. But, again, for a brief time, the US Senate showed character --and not based upon party affiliation.
Last week, we had an intense OP/thread discussion of 1968. In that same spirit, Id love to hear your thoughts on Nixon, Watergate, the Congressional investigations, and the resignation.
Thank you,
H2O Man