Remember that sarcastic little cliché, where you rub your forefinger back and forth over your thumb and say, “This is a tiny violin playing ‘My Heart Cries For You’”? Well, here’s a new use for it:
I know I shouldn't have any reasonable expectations about where the hearings will take us as a nation. But I'm still going to watch and be appreciative that some members of Congress have a conscience and a backbone. And I'm going to enjoy that immediately after the hearing ends, Colbert is going to do a live show about it!! I literally bought popcorn today.
I was just finishing my Junior year of high school as Watergate began. The hearings took place from near the end of my Senior year of high school to nearly Thanksgiving that year. In the midst of it, I left home and started college. Nixon resigned at the end of my first year of college. So, no, I didn't watch the hearings. But I do remember clearly that when Nixon resigned there was a theatre production of Hair happening at the university. I heard the next day that an actor came out on stage DURING THE PRODUCTION and did a Nixon impression, holding up the peace sign with both hands and saying "I resign. I resign." And the audience went wild with joy and relief!
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Remember that sarcastic little cliché, where you rub your forefinger back and forth over your thumb and say, “This is a tiny violin playing ‘My Heart Cries For You’”? Well, here’s a new use for it:
ReplyDeletePeter Navarro complains about potential legal fees: 'I'll be eating dog food if I stay out of jail'
Then he should just stop whining and go to jail where he belongs. At least he'd get three hots and a cot.
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I know I shouldn't have any reasonable expectations about where the hearings will take us as a nation. But I'm still going to watch and be appreciative that some members of Congress have a conscience and a backbone. And I'm going to enjoy that immediately after the hearing ends, Colbert is going to do a live show about it!! I literally bought popcorn today.
ReplyDeleteI didn't watch the Watergate hearings, and don't anticipate watching these--but thanks for the tip about Colbert!
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DeleteI was just finishing my Junior year of high school as Watergate began. The hearings took place from near the end of my Senior year of high school to nearly Thanksgiving that year. In the midst of it, I left home and started college. Nixon resigned at the end of my first year of college. So, no, I didn't watch the hearings. But I do remember clearly that when Nixon resigned there was a theatre production of Hair happening at the university. I heard the next day that an actor came out on stage DURING THE PRODUCTION and did a Nixon impression, holding up the peace sign with both hands and saying "I resign. I resign." And the audience went wild with joy and relief!
DeleteI think that would have been the "V for Victory" sign. Good story.
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