March 1, 1974: a grand jury in Washington DC indicted the former aides of President Richard M. Nixon, who became known as the "Watergate Seven": H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, Charles Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: I’ll Never Do Anything as Distinguished as Getting on Nixon’s Enemy List.” – Carol Channing
President Richard M. Nixon was a man with a long memory, especially when he felt he'd been slighted. His administration put together an "enemies list" of people who'd opposed Nixon or his policies, including journalists, labor leaders, antiwar activists and civil rights … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: ”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, I’m Gonna Get Mad. Goodnight.” – Ben Bradlee, ”All The President’s Men”
All The President's Men (1976) is political thriller film about the Watergate Scandal, which brought down the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. It was directed by Alan J. Pakula with a screenplay by William Goldman, based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl … [Read more...]
#RealEstatePorn: Watergate Is a Hot Again! (The HOTEL, Not the Nixon Scandal)
Ever since Trump fired F.B.I. Director James Comey, the word “Watergate” has been on the news medias lips, every day. In an act of kismet nobody predicted, the Watergate Hotel, which had been bought and sold … [Read more...]
