Tuesday, June 18, 2002

ok, so i have become nostaligic for watergate, the scandal of my youth. yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of the watergate breakin, and the beginning of the end for tricky dick nixon and his cronies. no matter what maybe said about bill and monica- a few private sexual acts simply do not compare with the likes of ambitious, paranoid dick nixon- his enemies lists, his surveilience of said enemies, his harassment of said enemies (irs audits, etc), and of, course, the breakin at the headquarters of the democratic national committee. nixon wanted to be reelected so badly that he put all decency aside to make it happen. i have enjoyed the recent flood of speculation on the identity of deep throat- the inside source for the washington post who broke the story of the connection between the white house and the watergate breakin- and followed the story until nixon resigned. some have narrowed the list to include pat buchannan, who was working in the white house at the time. some say that woodward and berstein made him up. of course, deep throat could be a woman- i would like to think that someone in nixon's own family had some moral fiber and used the role as anonymous source to make things right. no matter, we will not find out the identity until the person in question passes away, which could be years.

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