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PJMcK

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4. Nixon and Watergate forged my Democratic roots

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 04:23 PM

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I grew up in the ‘60s and ‘70s so the assassinations of JFK, MLK & RFK, the Vietnam War, Watergate, Apollo 11, Woodstock and more were the events I experienced as I came of age. Jimmy Carter was the first president I could vote for and I’ve voted Democratic almost exclusively since, (there was a local Republican judge on Long Island I deeply admired; he was never challenged!).

I remember when Mr. Butterfield revealed the Nixon taping system during his Senate testimony. It was truly headline news. The whole Watergate episode was considered the worst attack on our Constitution.

In the era of Trump, that seems quite quaint.

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