CSPAN-2 8pm EDT 'Covering Watergate' (Woodward, BenVeniste,

[AirAmFan]

Reeves, and other authoritative panelists) will be rebroadcast Wednesday June 1st at 8pm on CSPAN-2. I saw the second hour of the first rebroadcast today, and it was very worthwhile. The presentation is a two hour tape of an event three months ago at UTexas in Austin. The occasion was the opening of an exhibit of Woodward's and Bernstein's journalistic papers from their Washington Post Watergate days. Those papers have been deposited with the university.

Richard BenVeniste, head of the Special Prosecutor's Watergate Task Force, got the most applause, when he stated that the fundamental charge against Nixon stemmed from CRIMINAL behavior amounting to "close to a coup d'etat".

Bob Woodward focused on the WH tapes in the remarks I heard. I heard him say, "... the tapes show the smallness of Nixon ... using the Presidency as an instrument of revenge.... Nobody ever says, what would be right? What would be good? That's the dog that never barks."

Richard Reeves, presidential historian, had the best laugh line, in response to one panelist's praise of Nixon's overall record on foreign policy, the environment, and fiscal responsibility: "That's like saying, 'Except for the iceberg, the Titanic had a great maiden voyage!'"

See also http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1820923 for a thread on how Watergate might serve as a template for bringing down the current White House.

[hedda_foil]

1. I saw this when it was first broadcast. DON'T MISS IT!

[AirAmFan]

2. It's about to start