June 11, 2019
I am old enough to remember in vivid detail the Watergate hearings, but I was not filled with nostalgia as John Dean testified yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee. It was supposed to be an educational opportunity for the American public not yet born in 1974. It fell flat. What I was hoping to hear never happened. When Dean was attacked personally by Mark Meadows, I wish he had said something like, “Son, let me educate you.” Meadows would respond with, “Don’t call me son. I am member of the House of Representatives.”
Then Dean would respond with, “Then starting acting like one, Mr. Meadows. Watergate was overseen by the lions of the Senate and the House who worked together in the interests of the American people. Sam Ervin, Democrat of North Carolina worked side-by-side with Howard Baker, Republican of Tennessee. They cooperated with each other, and handled the hearings with the seriousness and dignity they deserved. They did not attack witnesses. They questioned them. They looked for, and discovered the truth.”
I was never more proud or more impressed by the people who represented us then. I am not quite as proud and impressed today.
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