Watergate Analysis

“I was 22 years old when it happened, and when you’re 22 years old, politics don’t really mean a whole lot to you. I didn’t really understand what Watergate was about, I basically just knew that the Republicans broke into the Democratic National Headquarters during election time in 1972. I remember that when the hearings were going on that I was driving back from Florida and listening to the hearings on the radio, just trying to understand what I was even hearing. At the time of Nixon resigning, I was working in St. Charles. It was something on the news that I was shocked about. I remember thinking, “Did this actually just happen?”... I can’t explain it in any other term, than simply shocking. This wasn’t just some scandal or some ordinary robbery, as it had seemed in the early hours of the news. This was something much, much more.” It was the warmest June the west had seen in nearly 31 years, however the sun wasn’t the only thing bringing heat. June 17, 1972 brought despair and confusion to the whole country. The Democratic …show more content…
“When Nixon ran against John F. Kennedy in 1960, Nixon won the popular vote, but the electoral college elected JFK instead. As it turned out, I’m not sure how long before, it could have been days or weeks or months, but the electoral college got word that Nixon’s brother, Edward Nixon, had received $100,000 cash from an unknown source. This being said, they were afraid that Nixon would follow in his brother’s footsteps. It was later found out that the person who gave Nixon’s brother the money, was Howard Hughes.” Hence, nearly everyone was suspicious of Nixon’s involvement in the crime. However, no word of Nixon being involved in Watergate was mentioned until October 10, 1972 when the Washington Post published a story stated that the FBI believed that Nixon had aided in the break