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In reply to the discussion: John Dean/Judiciary hearing starting NOW!!!! tune in [View all]BumRushDaShow
(127,317 posts)And really, I think most people were NOT "tuning in" unless they were political junkies. I know the current media like to play it up as if it was "must watch television" akin to the Super Bowl, but it was like most hearings - pretty mundane and droning.... but covering some extraordinary circumstances.
My Mom would have been 89 this year and she had been a stay-at-home mother but also had degrees in political science and history so she was very much interested. The one sad thing though - during that July was when my Dad died, so for a time, the hearings and other investigations became a backdrop for a more immediate familial drama. But I do remember sitting with her watching Nixon's resignation speech that August and wishing my Dad had been there to see that.