Nixon Resigns

June 9 Nixon Resigns

It was during the summer of 1974
that Richard Nixon resigned as
President of the United States.
The Watergate burglary cover-up
was orchestrated by the worst cast
of characters ever to inhabit the
White House (until now, that is).
Carl Bernstein and Robert Woodward’s
reporting led to Nixon’s resignation.
This morning, I was watching Bob Woodward
compare fired FBI Director James Comey
to Watergate’s Deep Throat,
FBI Associate Director Mark Felt.
Woodward admired
that James Comey has gone public
rather than talk in the shadows of
a parking garage.
It was August 8, 1974
that Nixon resigned.
I was at Stinson Beach, CA,
just north of San Francisco
watching the report on a small
black and white television
at the beachfront motel where
we stayed that year
on a family vacation.
Secret tapes, loyalty oaths,
obstruction of justice: it all sounds
eerily familiar. Perhaps
August 2017 will bring good news.