I was a teenager during Watergate. I deeply miss this era of brave, eloquent, fair-minded legislators, especially on the Republican side of the aisle. This was a dreadful episode in our history. If we are not careful and vigilant, there are worse ones waiting just around the corner!
My earliest memories all have The Vietnam War and Watergate as the backdrop. My mother tells me by I made my first protest sign when I was 3 and paraded around chanting Hell No! We Won't Go!
"...if there be no accountability, another President may feel free to do as he chooses. But, the next time, there may be no watchman in the night." -Rep. Jim Mann -These are very sobering words given the present political scandals in Trump's administration.
One of my best papers I wrote at University was on Archie Cox and Watergate. A 10 page assigned paper ended up being 140 pages. My Government professor and 3 of his colleagues told me my paper was worthy of a doctoral dissertation
An old tactic of American military was to drop leaflets from the sky with information telling the enemy that they were coming and to get ready... everything from the time Kennedy touched down in Fort Worth was meant to have a level of mockery and symbolism... everything from the song " working on the railroad"" that was sung by the school children when Kennedy's Entourage entered the room for breakfast... Kennedy was shot near the railroad.. the red funeral roses given to Jackie while Nelly Connolly received Yellow roses a symbol of friendship and welcoming.. Jackie received Yellow roses every stop in Texas except for Dallas she was given red funeral roses.. the flyers being circulated in Dallas that morning were a declaration that a treasonous act had been committed and they delivered the punishment for treason outside the courthouse at noon by firing squad ...
The eloquence with which the men and women of the Committee express themselves is both moving and inspiring. Where are the men and women of this caliber today?
I'm sure they still exist- they just haven't had a prolonged platform like this to show themselves to millions. And let's not forget that these committee members were all hand-picked eloquent lawyers- I'm sure there were an awful lot of dull, inarticulate congressmen & senators around in 1974- they just weren't selected for this occasion and dull people get forgotten. If you watch C-SPAN, some of them do make eloquent speeches- but most people choose not to watch; they prefer the edited soundbites.
Culture has devolved, I agree. It's reached even the highest levels of government. Once unlimited amounts of money was put into politics, the dumbest, most degenerate bottomfeeders and puppets got easily elected into the congress. All of the class is gone now. Most of the senators and congresspeople talk like average Joes off the street. So casual and in some instances inarticulate while expressing themselves.
John Conyers is still in office, for the present (he's under investigation for some ethical breaches of his own). Elizabeth Holtzman, Bill Cohen, Trent Lott, Tom Railsback and Charles Rangel are still alive. But I suppose yours was a rhetorical question.
And yet that poor watchman, Frank Wills, died in obscurity while Nixon got to live out the rest of his life in luxury! Watergate started with a man doing his job correctly and ended with one resigning for not doing so himself.
It was not remorse, contrition, nor admitting that he was not above the law, which figured into Nixon's decision to resign. It was based solely upon that which he ever cared about.......political power, and the loss of it that he finally had suffered. In fact, in a later interview with David Frost, Nixon said this, "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." And because this was his belief, he never had any business holding the office of president, because when he swore his oath, he lied.
Hard to hear the host's voice and not think of Private Sam Watkins of the First Tennessee Volunteer Regiment of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Great video! Im not convinced that our current flock of elected officials have such fortitude to do what is right. Again, it would take another group of obscure lawmakers to get anywhere. You can definitely forget the "primetime" officials whose only concern is their Kardashian-like obsession with having a camera in their face every five minutes.
The thing that amazes me the most is that ten members had reasonable doubt and voted against impeachment, but when the "smoking gun" tape came out, the one in which Nixon talked about getting a million bucks for hush money, those ten members (even Goldwater!) concluded that there was no more reasonable doubt. I can't imagine that happening today. The president could be holding an actual smoking gun and his party would still defend him.
I didn't know much about watergate before, and I am astounded by the level of criminality that existed in the Whitehouse and that Nixon not onlly colluded with this, but also took part in himself.
GREAT summing up of a complicated summer. I was 10 and watched mostly in a wet bathing suit laying on a rug in our den, but I watched. A newshound was born!
Ray Herbst Absolutely. This was a rare group of politicians because they put aside party loyalty and did what they felt was right. Yes, it was difficult but they could live the rest of their lives knowing that they put the country before another politician. We may never see another group like this ever again.
Considering that our current president just condoned the physical assault on a reporter, and is getting away with it, after refusing to take a stand on the murder of a reporter in Turkey, and is getting away with it, it appears that back then our political system, despite its imperfections was working to a higher standard.
Its a matter of opinion. The entire Watergate scandal took place because one side decided it was ok to break laws to gain advantage on the other. they just got caught
I distrusted Nixon from the age of 7 when he lost the election to become governor of California in 1962! His remarks that he was going away after that loss so the media couldn't kick him around anymore struck me as an odd thing for an adult to say. Sounded like a bratty kid taking their toys home. When he came back to run for President, I knew he couldn't be trusted. That, and his "Southern Strategy," among many other other issues. Then he picked Agnew as his running mate, who I sensed was a slippery character, to say the least. The Watergate crimes didn't surprise me in the least. It still riles me no end that some people still defend Nixon. He WAS a crook! Btw, I grew up in Jerry Ford's Congressional District and my uncle's law firm advised Ford on the legal and Constitutional issues on pardoning Nixon before he was even indicted, let alone convicted. And we are paying for that pardon to this day. Think of the precedent it could have set if Nixon would have faced the justice system after he resigned.
Ford stated he pardoned Nixon to help the nation heal. It smacks of quid pro quo. He should have let him be prosecuted, get convicted, and then pardoned him. The nation would have healed best knowing no one is above the law and likely may have prevented the mess we have today.
That was only part of a riveting statement of the history for slaves, for Blacks, for women getting the right to vote -- except if Black. And, finally, her being included in the Constitution, and voting _AYE!_ ahd it ECHOING in the chamber. It was the most memorable statement of the entire Senate and House hearings.
I find it quite moving how politicians and lawyers here wrestle with their emotions. Rationally each of them had or would have some real and some other good reasons for impeachment or against it. But emotionally many of them felt such sadness, for what reason ever. That comforts me quite a lot for any reign cannot simply be based solely upon rationality without involving feelings although we all know how unreliable our feelings usually are.
It was those tapes that sealed Nixon's fate. They trapped Nixon. He should've burned them after their existence was revealed. Considering how smart Nixon was, his decision not to burn the tapes was a profound and fatal misjudgement.
shikat2371 The fatal and profound "mistake" was the commitment of those crimes, such as obstructing justice, and abuses of power in the first place. In terms of the tapes themselves, the stupidity was installing such a system in the first place. But the destruction of those taps, once discovered, would itself have been an obstruction of justice, and, politically speaking, would have been tantamount, in the eyes of US citizens, an admission of guilt, even if such destruction, carried out before the subpoena, might have been technically legal. The question which inevitably would have been asked would have been, "Why destroy the tapes if they proved Nixon was telling the truth, and that Dean was lying?" Then there is the fact that Nixon, (no one else who had access would have a motive) with many bungled attempts, did erase an 18 minute gap on one of those tapes. That didn't go over very well.
ln the future there may be another President who may feel free to do what he chooses to do ( abuse of power ) but the next time there may not be a watchman in the night . " Quote from Rep Jim Mann. if wishes were horses .... many times since Nixon would get the boot , there has been no watchman in the night.
I was a kid and I only remember these hearings interrupting afternoon cartoons 😅. Ty for educating me on one of the most important eras in American history. I so wish we had leaders like this today.
And I just LOVE the apposite use of Copland's ' Fanfare for the common man ' here....a wonderful piece that seems to encapsulate all that is great about America and it's ' gnreat generation ' ........
The will and demands of the American people won in this case, unlike many others. Are we seeing a prelude (preview) of something that will happen in 2020??
Interesting to see how deeply partisan the context was so late in the investigations! You can sympathize with the Republicans here, up to a point, considering how strong Nixon's win and popularity was in early 1973. Still, it's disturbing. And it certainly hasn't gotten better since.
There was brief era of reform, but all those changes have been undone. The Citizens United decision by SCOTUS allows unlimited and even secret money to flow to candidates. It seems like a very corrupting influence. Prior to that, it was $5,000 per candidate per election. I dont put all the blame on one side or the other. They are all corrupted even if they pay lip service to anyone's pet issue.
@randallanthony1794 If you had any objectivity or the ability to use critical thinking skills, you would have a different opinion. In addition, you need to improve your spelling. This was a proper and appropriate Congressional and Constitutional process, no COUP D'ETAT.
I'm wondering whyDean's conversation with Nixon weren't protected by client/ lawyer priveledge. Was it because he was WhiteHouse counsel rather than Nixon's?
@mijraachieng8034 Privilege does not apply to future crimes. If you tell your lawyer you are are going to perjure yourself, and the lawyer cannot discourage the unlawful future act, it can be disclosed to the authorities. In some instances, disclosure by the lawyer is mandatory.
The next time is already here. Can we possibly follow through this time with regards to the criminal charges portion of the last president? That's the next test.
I appreciate how grave a task the Congress felt they had back in 1974. They did it the right way through painful and agonizing deliberation and reached a logical conclusion that at least most of them didn't want to come to imo. and no one celebrated afterward, it was just an incredibly sad moment. Sadly, after impeaching a president only once prior to 1974, we have impeached a president 3 more times since then and twice in one administration. All of them were politically motivated and ALL of them failed. They're all an example along with Johnson in the 1860s of how NOT to do it. Impeaching a president has been so abused now that it has about as much meaning as the filibuster. It's sad that our once proud and honorable system of government has become such a joke.
And the most frightening thing, and I say this as a Brit who would categorize himself as a friend to the USA, is that there seems to be a dearth of watchmen on the ramparts at this time of the reign of the current incumbent....back then the public representatives showed themselves to be conscientious, moral and non-partisan, I would that were the case today. In terms of administration that could be seen as America's finest hour, they SHAME today's administration.....O tempora O mores....
And here we are years later with Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and soon, I suspect, Allen Weisselberg. Hopefully we have "watchmen in the night"
I can see why Republicans hesitated about impeachment at first, but am worried by the consequences of what they said. The American people deserve not only a competent president, but also a morally good one, not a mediocre one or a lousy one. And if you lower the standards of impeachment, you lower the bar to which the president is held.
The context was that if a democrat was appointed to chair the committee it would be seen as just a witch hunt. It was imperative that the hearings did the job right the first time because they'd never get another chance.
Bart Alder I think it is meant as someone who held cross-party views, and preferably a registered Republican. I don’t think both “party”s were used in the official affiliation sense.
Fifty years ago, it was still possible to find reasonable Republicans. Sadly, that died in 1980 when the unholy alliance of Grover Norquist and his economic anarchists, and Jerry Falwell and his "moral" "majority" took over the party.
Nixon was a lawyer, who knew he put himself above the law as a President & wanted to be held accountable. Subconsciously, by not burning the tapes, which were his personal property, he was hoping to be caught. Nietzsche would have approved.
Misconception that the tapes were his "personal property." That came from Nixon. Burning the tapes would have been another count of obstruction. He was looking and hoping for another way out from the Supreme Court that did not happen. Either way, at that time, he was toast.
Sure , the Slush fund would have been used no doubt for hush money , because there was $60 million dollars in pool 🏖️ the most largest size in history during the time. 🤔🕵️💸💰🇺🇸 Not to make mentioned that the lady working in there said how these men would come in and start tearing up the contribution receipts scared the day lights out of her 😲😱😵😬
And Nixon was in it to win by unnecessary means, The dirty tricks squeezed out Musky and gave us the worst choice possible, McGovern. So why the break in? Couldn't they see that Nixon was a shoe-in?
Don't care who they hurt, since when did a Circus Clown get any respect , when, how many Soldiers died in Vietnam, how many wanted it actually got out there got out in front and lead the charge 🤔🇺🇸
Nixon deserves his due for his foreign policy success. However, he was the same way. First, he took a DC gov job (Office of Price Controls I believe), then joined the military in a non-combat job due his Quaker status. That later being only so he could be politically viable in the future.
I was a teenager during Watergate. I deeply miss this era of brave, eloquent, fair-minded legislators, especially on the Republican side of the aisle. This was a dreadful episode in our history. If we are not careful and vigilant, there are worse ones waiting just around the corner!
As a child, I will never forget this sad chapter of American History.
My earliest memories all have The Vietnam War and Watergate as the backdrop. My mother tells me by I made my first protest sign when I was 3 and paraded around chanting
Hell No! We Won't Go!
"...if there be no accountability, another President may feel free to do as he chooses. But, the next time, there may be no watchman in the night." -Rep. Jim Mann -These are very sobering words given the present political scandals in Trump's administration.
Yes, I got goose bumps when I herad that.
yes prophetic words.
P.S. i may have slightly misquoted Rep Jim Manns eloquent wisdom.
Apology's .
On a planet far away in a time long gone…
One of my best papers I wrote at University was on Archie Cox and Watergate. A 10 page assigned paper ended up being 140 pages. My Government professor and 3 of his colleagues told me my paper was worthy of a doctoral dissertation
And now you get to tell random people on RUclips about it!
An old tactic of American military was to drop leaflets from the sky with information telling the enemy that they were coming and to get ready... everything from the time Kennedy touched down in Fort Worth was meant to have a level of mockery and symbolism... everything from the song " working on the railroad"" that was sung by the school children when Kennedy's Entourage entered the room for breakfast... Kennedy was shot near the railroad.. the red funeral roses given to Jackie while Nelly Connolly received Yellow roses a symbol of friendship and welcoming.. Jackie received Yellow roses every stop in Texas except for Dallas she was given red funeral roses.. the flyers being circulated in Dallas that morning were a declaration that a treasonous act had been committed and they delivered the punishment for treason outside the courthouse at noon by firing squad ...
@@DdotRay86 And you get to be an asshole who mocks her for it. Congratulations.
@@davidfrison4372 And your comments are related to Nixon's impeachment vote how?
Amber Puga very nice I would love to read it and sounds good.
The eloquence with which the men and women of the Committee express themselves is both moving and inspiring. Where are the men and women of this caliber today?
Who knows where they are Tina!!!!!
I'm sure they still exist- they just haven't had a prolonged platform like this to show themselves to millions. And let's not forget that these committee members were all hand-picked eloquent lawyers- I'm sure there were an awful lot of dull, inarticulate congressmen & senators around in 1974- they just weren't selected for this occasion and dull people get forgotten.
If you watch C-SPAN, some of them do make eloquent speeches- but most people choose not to watch; they prefer the edited soundbites.
I believe we will find out very well who they are in the next year or two.
Culture has devolved, I agree. It's reached even the highest levels of government. Once unlimited amounts of money was put into politics, the dumbest, most degenerate bottomfeeders and puppets got easily elected into the congress. All of the class is gone now. Most of the senators and congresspeople talk like average Joes off the street. So casual and in some instances inarticulate while expressing themselves.
John Conyers is still in office, for the present (he's under investigation for some ethical breaches of his own). Elizabeth Holtzman, Bill Cohen, Trent Lott, Tom Railsback and Charles Rangel are still alive. But I suppose yours was a rhetorical question.
And yet that poor watchman, Frank Wills, died in obscurity while Nixon got to live out the rest of his life in luxury! Watergate started with a man doing his job correctly and ended with one resigning for not doing so himself.
Hey….Black guys were spies in the Revolutionary War.
... And Bush SR. And Bush Jr....
"but next time there may not be any watchman in the night.." as we head into the 2024 campaign season, that threat is ever lingering..
Barbara Jordan gave the most memorable dissection of the constitution and the reason for impeachment.
i'd like too see it. Is a long version available on youtube?
Mijra Achieng ruclips.net/video/UG6xMglSMdk/видео.html Barbara Jordan Speech on Impeachment 1974
@@JudahNYC60 Thank you very much!
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YES!
It was not remorse, contrition, nor admitting that he was not above the law, which figured into Nixon's decision to resign.
It was based solely upon that which he ever cared about.......political power, and the loss of it that he finally had suffered.
In fact, in a later interview with David Frost, Nixon said this, "Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."
And because this was his belief, he never had any business holding the office of president, because when he swore his oath, he lied.
Wow! l An excellent video fairly done! This is the type history all school children should view and discuss. Thanks so much!
Joseph Stokes It is indeed a great video to watch, period!!!
Seen in 2016, this is still outstanding and very gripping.
Hard to hear the host's voice and not think of Private Sam Watkins of the First Tennessee Volunteer Regiment of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Seen in 2023, This is terrifying
Great video! Im not convinced that our current flock of elected officials have such fortitude to do what is right. Again, it would take another group of obscure lawmakers to get anywhere. You can definitely forget the "primetime" officials whose only concern is their Kardashian-like obsession with having a camera in their face every five minutes.
In other words, pretty much all of them? :(
Amen
Nice kard play
@@davidhallett8783 😁😁 yep. That's our elected officials.
The thing that amazes me the most is that ten members had reasonable doubt and voted against impeachment, but when the "smoking gun" tape came out, the one in which Nixon talked about getting a million bucks for hush money, those ten members (even Goldwater!) concluded that there was no more reasonable doubt. I can't imagine that happening today. The president could be holding an actual smoking gun and his party would still defend him.
What has come to light in the last 4-5 years, this whole thing was a sham at its core.
I didn't know much about watergate before, and I am astounded by the level of criminality that existed in the Whitehouse and that Nixon not onlly colluded with this, but also took part in himself.
GREAT summing up of a complicated summer. I was 10 and watched mostly in a wet bathing suit laying on a rug in our den, but I watched. A newshound was born!
Wonderful documentary! Thanks.
This is essential viewing for the matters at hand today.
Ray Herbst Absolutely. This was a rare group of politicians because they put aside party loyalty and did what they felt was right. Yes, it was difficult but they could live the rest of their lives knowing that they put the country before another politician. We may never see another group like this ever again.
Ebony Lady yes well said truly it’s a tragic situation that we don’t have public servants but calculating individuals.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM FINLAND ! BY THE WAY , IN THAT TIME , I WAS 12 YEARS OLD ...
I lived through this! I was in High School.- Michael McClary 😂
Considering that our current president just condoned the physical assault on a reporter, and is getting away with it, after refusing to take a stand on the murder of a reporter in Turkey, and is getting away with it, it appears that back then our political system, despite its imperfections was working to a higher standard.
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Its a matter of opinion. The entire Watergate scandal took place because one side decided it was ok to break laws to gain advantage on the other. they just got caught
Back then we saw that the system as established worked.
Would it today?
The calibre of these people compared to the pigmies of today!
Great Freudian slip at 13:43: "an impeachable defense" That's what Nixon was offering to the public: an impeachable defense.
I could listen to Barbara Jordan read stereo assembly instructions!
I distrusted Nixon from the age of 7 when he lost the election to become governor of California in 1962! His remarks that he was going away after that loss so the media couldn't kick him around anymore struck me as an odd thing for an adult to say. Sounded like a bratty kid taking their toys home. When he came back to run for President, I knew he couldn't be trusted. That, and his "Southern Strategy," among many other other issues. Then he picked Agnew as his running mate, who I sensed was a slippery character, to say the least. The Watergate crimes didn't surprise me in the least. It still riles me no end that some people still defend Nixon. He WAS a crook! Btw, I grew up in Jerry Ford's Congressional District and my uncle's law firm advised Ford on the legal and Constitutional issues on pardoning Nixon before he was even indicted, let alone convicted. And we are paying for that pardon to this day. Think of the precedent it could have set if Nixon would have faced the justice system after he resigned.
Ford stated he pardoned Nixon to help the nation heal. It smacks of quid pro quo. He should have let him be prosecuted, get convicted, and then pardoned him. The nation would have healed best knowing no one is above the law and likely may have prevented the mess we have today.
omg how scary " no watchman in the night" !!!
Miss Barbara Jordan should have been a Supreme Court Justice.
Barbara Jordan’s speech was phenomenal. She probably would’ve had me convinced
That was only part of a riveting statement of the history for slaves, for Blacks, for women getting the right to vote -- except if Black. And, finally, her being included in the Constitution, and voting _AYE!_ ahd it ECHOING in the chamber.
It was the most memorable statement of the entire Senate and House hearings.
Please put this on YOU Tube, reference for our corrupted times right now. Great report.
Wow….Sam Ervin and Barbara Jordan were on opposite sides of Constitutional interpretation,but they were unforgettable.
35th Anniversary of this documentary!
Great show to watch!!!
I find it quite moving how politicians and lawyers here wrestle with their emotions. Rationally each of them had or would have some real and some other good reasons for impeachment or against it. But emotionally many of them felt such sadness, for what reason ever. That comforts me quite a lot for any reign cannot simply be based solely upon rationality without involving feelings although we all know how unreliable our feelings usually are.
Yes, indeed. But how have times changed in Congress since then? I believe we will find out in the next year or two.
It was those tapes that sealed Nixon's fate. They trapped Nixon.
He should've burned them after their existence was revealed. Considering how smart Nixon was, his decision not to burn the tapes was a profound and fatal misjudgement.
+shikat2371 yep, turned out that it didn't rest on Dean's testimony alone. The tapes were the witness and the smoking gun.
shikat2371 The fatal and profound "mistake" was the commitment of those crimes, such as obstructing justice, and abuses of power in the first place.
In terms of the tapes themselves, the stupidity was installing such a system in the first place. But the destruction of those taps, once discovered, would itself have been an obstruction of justice, and, politically speaking, would have been tantamount, in the eyes of US citizens, an admission of guilt, even if such destruction, carried out before the subpoena, might have been technically legal.
The question which inevitably would have been asked would have been, "Why destroy the tapes if they proved Nixon was telling the truth, and that Dean was lying?"
Then there is the fact that Nixon, (no one else who had access would have a motive) with many bungled attempts, did erase an 18 minute gap on one of those tapes. That didn't go over very well.
if you're that paranoid, no amount of smarts will save your ass.
yes they did
he was in the hospital when their existence was revealed. Karma caught up with him
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it..... seems apt Especially the part about ABUSE OF POWER
ln the future there may be another President who may feel free to do what he chooses to do ( abuse of power ) but the next time there may not be a watchman in the night . "
Quote from Rep Jim Mann.
if wishes were horses .... many times since Nixon would get the boot , there has been no watchman in the night.
I was a kid and I only remember these hearings interrupting afternoon cartoons 😅. Ty for educating me on one of the most important eras in American history. I so wish we had leaders like this today.
Like the nixon agnew gang????
Hungate's line about the elephant was pretty good. (36:17)
And I just LOVE the apposite use of Copland's ' Fanfare for the common man ' here....a wonderful piece that seems to encapsulate all that is great about America and it's ' gnreat generation ' ........
America needs more statesmen and fewer politicians today
The will and demands of the American people won in this case, unlike many others. Are we seeing a prelude (preview) of something that will happen in 2020??
Interesting to see how deeply partisan the context was so late in the investigations! You can sympathize with the Republicans here, up to a point, considering how strong Nixon's win and popularity was in early 1973. Still, it's disturbing. And it certainly hasn't gotten better since.
And what they didn't know was that his strong win was enabled by some of the sorry and illegal things that the Nixon team was doing.
it was partisan from the beginning.this was a couq de ta
randall anthony ... are you serious? Have you watched all the testimony?
There was brief era of reform, but all those changes have been undone. The Citizens United decision by SCOTUS allows unlimited and even secret money to flow to candidates. It seems like a very corrupting influence. Prior to that, it was $5,000 per candidate per election. I dont put all the blame on one side or the other. They are all corrupted even if they pay lip service to anyone's pet issue.
@randallanthony1794 If you had any objectivity or the ability to use critical thinking skills, you would have a different opinion. In addition, you need to improve your spelling. This was a proper and appropriate Congressional and Constitutional process, no COUP D'ETAT.
I'm wondering whyDean's conversation with Nixon weren't protected by client/ lawyer priveledge. Was it because he was WhiteHouse counsel rather than Nixon's?
Yes.
Exactly.
@mijraachieng8034 Privilege does not apply to future crimes. If you tell your lawyer you are are going to perjure yourself, and the lawyer cannot discourage the unlawful future act, it can be disclosed to the authorities. In some instances, disclosure by the lawyer is mandatory.
I remember the impeachment hearings.My favorite member of the committee was Mister Sandman.
DwighttFrye uu
He acted much more like Jim Jordan did during the Michael Cohen testimony in 2019.
32:15,... Wow,... Those charges remind you of any other pathetic, sad, orange, current president???
No! Where is my PBS Video Index?! However will I keep the timecodes straight?!
The next time is already here. Can we possibly follow through this time with regards to the criminal charges portion of the last president? That's the next test.
26:37 I remember Sandman, LoL. If everybody was as loyal to their spouses as Sandman to RMN, the divorce rate would drop to 0.
I appreciate how grave a task the Congress felt they had back in 1974. They did it the right way through painful and agonizing deliberation and reached a logical conclusion that at least most of them didn't want to come to imo. and no one celebrated afterward, it was just an incredibly sad moment. Sadly, after impeaching a president only once prior to 1974, we have impeached a president 3 more times since then and twice in one administration. All of them were politically motivated and ALL of them failed. They're all an example along with Johnson in the 1860s of how NOT to do it. Impeaching a president has been so abused now that it has about as much meaning as the filibuster. It's sad that our once proud and honorable system of government has become such a joke.
And the most frightening thing, and I say this as a Brit who would categorize himself as a friend to the USA, is that there seems to be a dearth of watchmen on the ramparts at this time of the reign of the current incumbent....back then the public representatives showed themselves to be conscientious, moral and non-partisan, I would that were the case today. In terms of administration that could be seen as America's finest hour, they SHAME today's administration.....O tempora O mores....
Nixon: a real two faced crook.
And here we are years later with Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and soon, I suspect, Allen Weisselberg. Hopefully we have "watchmen in the night"
Pray God!
WATCHING THIS IS LIKE GOING TO A RESTAURANT FOR A FREE LUNCH AFTER A
>>>>>>> FUNERAL
Wiggens was so full of shit as to be pitiful Thanks for the video!
I can see why Republicans hesitated about impeachment at first, but am worried by the consequences of what they said.
The American people deserve not only a competent president, but also a morally good one, not a mediocre one or a lousy one. And if you lower the standards of impeachment, you lower the bar to which the president is held.
It actually aired in 1984, because it was copyrighted 1984.
15:45 "Defiance of Congress itself became a basis for articles of impeachment." O heed this, #45.
was there aprt two to the watergate hearings video?
This is part 2.
Part 1 can be found here: ruclips.net/video/tINCO6TfoPg/видео.html
Bobby Kennedy as President would have reopened the investigation of his brothers death 🕵️
No watchmen in the night sounds just like today America
12:00 Only a nut says something like, "he wanted a person who was non-partisan... preferably Republican..."
The context was that if a democrat was appointed to chair the committee it would be seen as just a witch hunt. It was imperative that the hearings did the job right the first time because they'd never get another chance.
@@celticlofts A context for a contradiction doesn't make it any less of a contradiction.
@@BartAlder: You're right.
Bart Alder I think it is meant as someone who held cross-party views, and preferably a registered Republican. I don’t think both “party”s were used in the official affiliation sense.
Fifty years ago, it was still possible to find reasonable Republicans. Sadly, that died in 1980 when the unholy alliance of Grover Norquist and his economic anarchists, and Jerry Falwell and his "moral" "majority" took over the party.
1 million dollars hush money on the table for Hunt , and someone said , we can do it, 💰💰💰💰💰
Hunt's wife was a likely cash courier but she was killed in Dec, 1972 in the United Airlines crash.
NIXON AVOIDED AN APPEARENCE OF ""GUILT"" BY DISPLAYING HIS SPARKLING DENTALS
Nixon was a lawyer, who knew he put himself above the law as a President & wanted to be held accountable. Subconsciously, by not burning the tapes, which were his personal property, he was hoping to be caught. Nietzsche would have approved.
I think doing the wrong thing became routine in the Nixon White House.
Misconception that the tapes were his "personal property." That came from Nixon. Burning the tapes would have been another count of obstruction. He was looking and hoping for another way out from the Supreme Court that did not happen. Either way, at that time, he was toast.
I doubt we get much in the way of criminal convictions, but there will be referrals.
Follow the money 💸🏃
Sure , the Slush fund would have been used no doubt for hush money , because there was $60 million dollars in pool 🏖️ the most largest size in history during the time. 🤔🕵️💸💰🇺🇸 Not to make mentioned that the lady working in there said how these men would come in and start tearing up the contribution receipts scared the day lights out of her 😲😱😵😬
Liddy was a self serving fool. But why did Mitchel go for Liddy's break in scheme?
Not funding police today and putting people TN danger
It should be against the law and brought forward.
Some people are just in it to win it, by any means necessary 🤔
And Nixon was in it to win by unnecessary means,
The dirty tricks squeezed out Musky and gave us the worst choice possible, McGovern. So why the break in? Couldn't they see that Nixon was a shoe-in?
Don't care who they hurt, since when did a Circus Clown get any respect , when, how many Soldiers died in Vietnam, how many wanted it actually got out there got out in front and lead the charge 🤔🇺🇸
Nixon deserves his due for his foreign policy success. However, he was the same way. First, he took a DC gov job (Office of Price Controls I believe), then joined the military in a non-combat job due his Quaker status. That later being only so he could be politically viable in the future.
Geez, give it a rest already!!! 29:16
Talk about a cushy job.....run for Congress
How things are different today. There is absolutely nothing that a Republican president can do for any Republican to vote for impeachment.
Crawl to judgment
... MOB RULE'S 3:26
... REPUBLICANS EH
Greasy
its a shame what these vindictive democrats have done.exactly like they are doing to Trump.
randall anthony editing is needed in your statement for clarity because it is unclear.
Wtf are you talking about, we're you living in a cave????