Nixon by Nixon (Your Opinion, Please)

[Punkingal]

9. I was not at all surprised by the Watergate mess...

I always thought Nixon was sleazy, and I couldn't understand his political comeback. I mean, to my way of thinking, he had zero charisma, no personality, no charm, nothing. (Even that bastard Reagan could be charming, although he never charmed me.) I still don't understand it. I thought he was intelligent about policy and was certainly moderate compared to these idiots we have now, but I still didn't like him.

I was glued to the hearings every day, fascinated to see the system work as it was supposed to. Howard Baker and Barry Goldwater behaved like people in their position should have behaved. It was quite a cast of characters on parade...I especially remember John Dean and his lovely wife, and Butterfield who actually revealed the smoking gun of the secret tapes. I mean, what were they thinking????

I will never forget Nixon's self-pitying final speech before he left the White House and got on the helicopter. I don't think he was sorry for what he did, then, or ever. I felt sorry for Pat Nixon that day...I can still remember how she looked, frozen, with an expression of "I would rather be anywhere but here right now."

But I believe there are people in office today who don't give a damn what Nixon did and still resent his impeachment and are still resentful and exacting revenge...hence Clinton's impeachment and the threats to Obama of impeachment all the time.