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In reply to the discussion: If you are over 60, or studied Watergate at length...Does this feel like Watergate ? [View all]Samantha
(9,314 posts)I was young at that time and also a Republican. When I heard John Dean was going to testify, I was horrified that a Republican would turn on our Republican President. I listened to his whole testimony, and that changed everything for me. He put EVERYTHING in the proper context, and even went so far as to repeat the words of warning he had directly given Richard Nixon. From that time on, I knew Nixon had to go and I was comfortable with it.
In this situation, no one has been able to put any context to this debacle. It seems more like a really bad movie that for some reason one cannot turn off or perhaps a nightmare of a dream that replays every night. There are simply too many players involved. When I reached the point that I realized just how many of our politicians were deeply involved, I had to ask myself would I ever see the day I could once again have confidence in my government. I still have no answer to that question, and I wonder if I ever will.
Sam