gallup poll results?
half country never even
heard word watergate
You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll?
Half the country never even heard of the word, Watergate.
Nobody gives a shit.
You guys are probably pretty tired, right?
Well, you should be.
Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up… 15 minutes.
Then get your asses back in gear.
We’re under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there.
Nothing’s riding on this except the, uh, first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country.
Not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I’m going to get mad.
Goodnight.
Jason Robards playing the role of Ben Bradlee in the movie, All the President’s Men.
I was 12 years old in 1972.
I had heard of Watergate.
I have always had a problem with this line in the book and the movie, All the President’s Men.
I find it difficult to believe that 50% of the Country had not heard the word Watergate in 1972.
But there it is.
Today, there are people in the news that capture a world wide discussion that I have never heard of.
But I digress.
Its the Watergate story of Nixon versus the Washington Post that intrigues me.
With the passing of Robert Redford, the movie, All the President’s Men, is getting a lot of air time.
Like so many movies of good versus evil, To Kill a Mockingbird, Casablanca, The Diary of Anne Frank, the Hiding Place, I have to ask, who watches these movies and pulls for the other side, who identifies with the other side.
In this movie, All the President’s Men, are some viewers sad for what happened to Nixon?
Or are they sad that Nixon went down, as I view it today, because he played by the rules, at the least the rules that said what he did was wrong.
Democracy only works if both sides abide by the rules of Democracy.
When Nixon was caught outside the rules, he complied with rule of law and the Constitution and he left.
Who knew back then, All he had to do was ignore the rules and the resignation never had to have taken place.
No Gerald Ford moment.
No Gerald Ford quote, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here the people rule.”
It is my fondest hope that once again and maybe soon we hear those words again:
Our long national nightmare is over.
Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men.
Here the people rule.
But ASIDE from all that, are there folks who watch this movie, All the President’s Men, and well …
Or are those folks just smart enough to not watch the movie.
Who wants to waste their time on a happy ending?
BTW – I have more respect in my heart for Corrie Ten Boom than I ever could imagine.
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