man, do i have a good book for you!

finished reading all the president's men tonight. there was seriously some crazy-ass shit taking place back in the early '70s and, as they finally found out, most of the '60s. sure, it sucks not necessariliy trusting the judgment of our president. but can you even begin to imagine how terrifying it must have been to unravel the secrets behind the committee for the re-election of the president, all of the president's top aides, countless nixon devotees around the country and even into the rest of the continent, and of course, the president himself. to know that the president himself had knowledge of the assassination of a governor, the possible "firebombing" of a press agency, and the intentional cover-up of the entire situation.

although i must admit that it would have been exciting to be in woodward & bernstein's place or, for that matter, any reporter in the area or even the country. tips are generally continuous throughout most of the investigation, but hardly anyone knew the whole story. each person would lead them to someone else who would lead them to someone else and ultimately they would hit a brick wall. the higher up they got in the chain of command, the more secretive people started to become. and hearing it from the reporters who actually covered it helps illustrate how the administration almost got away with it. had nixon not bugged his office, he probably would not have been prosecuted. at the most, his closest aides would have been described as political martyrs for nixon..willing to go down in flames to keep his name clean.

scary. can't wait to get into the next book on my list. basically its the same story from woodward's perspective, but it also includes the actual details of mark felt/deep throat's life during the times before the watergate break-in, during the investigation, and after everything made it out in the open except woodward's elusive anonymous source. wahoo!


"no i won't cry on the outside, anymore."