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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you don't remember Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/102173-2.htmIt's a fascinating read. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
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If you don't remember Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre: (Original Post)
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2017
OP
"Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress
struggle4progress
Jan 2017
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GP6971
(31,168 posts)1. I rremember it well
EVERYONE in our family was glued to the TV for days
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)2. "Whether ours shall continue to be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress
and ultimately the American people."
-- Archibald Cox
elleng
(130,974 posts)3. The good old days!
We knew the future would be BETTER. Now, not so much.
radical noodle
(8,003 posts)4. I remember it well
but a refresher is always good. Thanks!
briv1016
(1,570 posts)5. My parents where still teenagers.
Ms. Toad
(34,076 posts)7. I was a teenager. n/t
prairierose
(2,145 posts)6. The first thing I thought of...
when I heard the news about this firing.