Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in.

July 27, 2003 5:09 PM

Nixon Ordered the Watergate Break-in. Jeb Stuart Magruder, the deputy director of Nixon's 1972 campaign, revealed in a PBS documentary to air on Wednesday that Nixon personally ordered the bungled break-in at the luxury Watergate Hotel complex. It took 30 years, but the truth finally comes out.
posted by zaelic (18 comments total)

Makes you wonder what we'll be hearing about Bush Jr. in 30 years, doesn't it?
posted by Zonker at 5:24 PM on July 27, 2003

He became the only U.S. president to resign in 1974
Well gee, the odds weren't good for two presidents to resign in '74.... ;)
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 6:06 PM on July 27, 2003

Well gee, the odds weren't good for two presidents to resign in '74.... ;)

have you SEEN ford?
posted by quonsar at 6:08 PM on July 27, 2003

Whoah. It turns out Nixon was a crook. Who knew?
posted by deanc at 6:15 PM on July 27, 2003

Who's Nixon? What's a water gate?
posted by Nelson at 6:48 PM on July 27, 2003

so who's deepthroat?
posted by omidius at 7:28 PM on July 27, 2003

so who's deepthroat?

I didn't get her name.
posted by Dark Messiah at 7:33 PM on July 27, 2003

It took 30 years, but the truth finally comes out.

And. as we all know, Jeb Stuart Magruder is been rendered genetically incapable of lying, so there is no reason to doubt him.
posted by Ayn Marx at 10:05 PM on July 27, 2003

And. as we all know, Jeb Stuart Magruder is been rendered genetically incapable of lying, so there is no reason to doubt him.

So let's dig his worm-food ass up and give him another trial.
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 10:32 PM on July 27, 2003

And. as we all know, Jeb Stuart Magruder is been rendered genetically incapable of lying, so there is no reason to doubt him.

Close enough:

"I wish (Magruder) had done it 30 years ago when it wasn't just a bit of historical minutia," Dean said. After his time in prison, Magruder began a career as a Presbyterian minister.

Sounds like a faith based initiative to me.
posted by y2karl at 11:23 PM on July 27, 2003

so who's deepthroat?

Hal Holbrook
posted by wsg at 11:42 PM on July 27, 2003

so who's deepthroat?

Waylon Smithers
posted by John Shaft at 1:17 AM on July 28, 2003

Well this is pretty much going to kill Nixon's political career.





Oh . . . wait.
posted by Outlawyr at 6:26 AM on July 28, 2003

Nixon's head will, despite this setback, rule us all in the thirtieth century.
posted by kindall at 7:38 AM on July 28, 2003

I'm currently reading the Nixon Memoirs book and he describes the whole Watergate thing in incredible detail. Of course, he maintains throughout that he never had any inkling whatsoever. What's so striking is the effort he must have put into lying while writing these memoirs.

Anyway, good to have that cleared up. Now who killed JFK?
posted by gfrobe at 7:44 AM on July 28, 2003

so who's deepthroat?

I always thought it was Linda Lovelace, but gees if you say its Hal Holbrook, I'm going to have to see that one again!
posted by Pollomacho at 8:16 AM on July 28, 2003

What's so striking is the effort he must have put into lying while writing these memoirs.

I think for Nixon, that was actually the thing that came easiest for him.
posted by Pollomacho at 8:28 AM on July 28, 2003

Now who killed JFK?

j. edgar hoover.
posted by quonsar at 10:41 AM on July 28, 2003