Saturday, December 26, 2015

The 37th President

Who was the 37th President of the United States? 
Richard Milhous Nixon

What comes to mind when his name is mentioned?
Watergate.
Tricky Dick. 
"I am not a crook"...

When Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974, I hadn't started grade school yet. I do remember hearing about "Watergate" on TV and, at the time, thinking that someone must have opened a dam and caused a flood. Even though I was too young to grasp the details correctly, I could definitely comprehend that this person was in BIG TROUBLE...