Tuesday 21 February 2012

Pat Nixon?s Lover, and Other Stories

These are personal stories. The scandal grows out of them. Huge moments in history are initiated by private choices ? little acts of survival, revenge, loyalty, ambition, and love.?In Watergate, Nixon?s taping system exists so the president could have a record of foreign-policy achievements and keep Kissinger from taking credit. John Mitchell?s wife distracts him from his duties as Nixon's campaign chairman, which lets Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy run wild with their scheme to break into DNC headquarters. Hunt leaves behind a bill to his country club during the break-in, which gives him away.?Fred LaRue, who went to jail for helping with the cover-up, is haunted by his accidental shooting of his father.?"I can't help feeling that it's Watergate that doesn't amount to a hill of beans compared to the lives of three little people," says Pat Nixon's lover Tom Garahan, capturing the book?s message.

Source: http://feeds.slate.com/click.phdo?i=b881321c0cd49abd715a2f91e7bae394

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