Reply #77: I was a first-year law student [View All]

[OldLeftieLawyer]

when the Watergate hearings took place.

Keep in mind that it all hinged on Maximum John Sirica, not rumors. He put the squeeze on the defendants, and that began the process.

The outrage that rose up was in response to the hearings - which were televised - and to the information that came out during those hearings (god bless Alexander Butterfield). There weren't many rumors floating around because we had daily, substantive information via TV, radio, and newspapers.

In so many way, the Internet is a massive waste of time. It's a job to sort out the authoritative-sounding bloggers who know nothing from the authentic sources, who also know nothing because that's how Fitzgerald is conducting his investigation.

If you think that "everything that gets out there helps," you have standards that are different from mine. I'll hold out for reality, truth, and solid facts with real - albeit not necessarily desirable - consequences. That's the only way anything will ever begin to change.

And, yes, Nixon stepped down because he was afraid of being impeached, thrown out of office, and then subject to criminal charges. That is precisely why Nixon resigned. That is precisely why Gerry Ford quickly pardoned him. That's just basic American history.

You don't sway public opinion with groundless and inaccurate rumors. The media reports everything - remember the Swift Boaters? - and they'll just as quickly report trash damaging to our side as to the other.

Never count on a whore. The whore will steal your wallet, lie to you, and leave you naked in the motel room, in a fix because the whore also took your clothes and car keys.