Tag Archives: Watergate

WGBH News: ‘What Alan Dershowitz Said About Impeachment During Watergate’

Source:WGBH News– criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz in 1973. Source:The New Democrat “On Nov. 1, 1973, Alan Dershowitz appeared with two other legal scholars on the WGBH News program “The Reporters.” The one-hour show focused on the theme “Treason, Bribery … Continue reading

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Associated Press: ‘SYND 20 8 74 FORD NOMINATES VICE PRESIDENT’

Source:Associated Press– President Gerald R. Ford (Republican, Michigan) nominating Governor Nelson Rockefeller (Republican, New York) to be Vice President of the United States, in 1974. Source:The New Democrat “20 Aug 1974) United States President Gerald Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller as … Continue reading

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Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In: Martha Mitchell- Isn’t Overstepping Cocktail Party

Source:The New Democrat  “Hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, this ground-breaking variety show was a fast moving barrage of jokes, one-liners, running skits, musical numbers and made fun of the social and political issues of the late 1960s and … Continue reading

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Tim Gracyk: President Richard Nixon’s- Emotional, Historic, Powerful Farewell Speech: August, 9th 1974

Source: The New Democrat Just on a personal note first and then I’ll get into President Nixon’s farewell speech here. I was I guess bored last night and trying to take a break from the news even as a news … Continue reading

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Victor D. Hanson: ‘Rethinking Watergate’

Source:Hoover Institution– where the Watergate scandal all started. You can also see this post at The FreeState, on Blogger. “The Watergate break-in is now 45 years old. The scandal is as distant from our own time as it was once from … Continue reading

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PBS: ‘Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings’

Source:PBS– The Summer of Judgement (1983) Source:The New Democrat  “Produced by WETA, Washington DC, and aired on PBS in 1983, the second of the Summer of Judgment series reflects on the events surrounding the Watergate Affair during the summer of … Continue reading

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CBS News: Special on Watergate, June 1992

Source:The New Democrat The story of Watergate is so tragic. This idea that President Richard Nixon would be worried about losing the presidency to George McGovern, who was the Bernie Sanders Democratic Socialist of his time. In an era when … Continue reading

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CBS News Special Report: Archibald Cox Pre-Saturday Night Massacre

Source:The New Democrat  I believe President Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald, was essentially an admission of guilt. That whatever credibility that President Nixon had left in this affair was now gone. Because the President was essentially telling … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Booknotes With Brian Lamb- Leonard Garment: Crazy Rhythm (1997)

Source:The New Democrat Len Garment was a friend and law partner of Richard Nixon in the mid and late 1960s and then went on to work in President Nixon’s White House in 1969 and the early 1970s. I believe he … Continue reading

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The Associated Press: ‘Opening of The Senate Watergate Committee (1973)’

“(17 May 1973) Scenes from the United States Senate hearing into the Watergate Affair. Senate Watergate Committee chairman, Sam Ervin makes a statement… From The Associated Press Without the Senate Watergate Committee, President Nixon doesn’t get impeached at least in that … Continue reading

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