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Originally Posted by tw
Literally most everyone above Felt was in on or participating in the Watergate coverup, the plumbers, and numerous other crimes intentionally initiated by the White House. Ironically who was also part of another embarrassment - a previous misuse of power for the same reasons – the McCarthy hearings? Nixon was also involved there.
Name another whistle blower who did more to save the US Government. You can't. Deep Throat was the mother of all whistle blowers in a time when whistle blowing was illegal and never considered neccesary. For almost a year, numerous crimes conducted by high level people in the US Government and absolutely no one to go to about these crimes. No one. Nada. There would be no special Watergate prosecutor for another year. The revelations so massive and - well - every day was another 'punch you in the face' relevation in those Senate hearings. There was no TV all day for weeks - except for the Watergate hearings. Did that ever happen in your lifetime? No, because the foundations of the US government were never so much under attack. Literally everyone in position of power in the White House was involved. And there probably would have been no investigation if Felt had not done as he did - at great risk to himself.
The expression "don't trust anyone over 30" was just another sound byte so accurately describing how corrupt the US Government had become. Everyone did drugs because the government lied. Smoking a joint only proved again what liars our government was. This in a time when so many refused to believe government would lie.
BTW, these are all symptoms of Vietnam - a war conducted without a smoking gun and continued using lies. The Watergate burglars were created because of the Pentagon Papers - the first real facts we had that the American government was lying about Vietnam. The 'everyone hates me' attitude, the enemies list, and so many other gouges in the US Constitution finally came to a head with Watergate - where literally anyone who should be investigating or prosecuting crimes against the government were literally part of the conspiracy.
It may have been 1972. But is it part of the turmoil we call the 60s. Watergate only brought it all to a head.
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I am pretty (intentionally) naive when it comes to politics, but this whole post feels very familiar to me...like deja vu, almost.