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Then:
https://pen.org/multimedia/2019-literary-gala-bob-woodward-literary-service-award/
I want to go back to a time where Barry Goldwater
broke the silence of the Republicans. Carl Bernstein
and I were able to get in his apartment one night
because he invited us. It was after Nixon resigned
and he read his personal diary to us. The diary
entry of August 7, 1974, was Goldwater, as the
conscious of the Republican party, went to the White
House with the Republican leaders from the Senate
and the House. Nixon knew he was going to be
impeached, charged in the House. The smoking gun
tape was released two days earlier, and it was very
evident that the support was eroding but the corner
had not been turned.
So at the meeting, President Nixon said to Goldwater:
“Barry, how many votes do I have in the Senate?” And
Nixon kind of in his awkward way joked: “Well, 20.”
Of course, 20 would not be enough. He would need 34
to stay in office. Then Goldwater said the following:
“Mr. President, I have counted the Republicans and
you have four votes, and one of them is not mine.”
Today:
BAMBOO BALLOTS! MAGIC THERMOSTATS! BALLOTS FROM NORTH KOREA!
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