Watergate | 5. True Believers

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

At a bar in Queens, and in the Senate offices, Nixon's supporters stood with him long after it was clear his hands were dirty. How did they rationalize their position? And what, finally, made them waver? Want more Slow Burn? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately access all episodes of Slow Burn (and your other favorite Slate podcasts) completely ad-free. Plus, you’ll unlock subscriber-exclusive bonus episodes that bring you behind-the-scenes on the making of the show. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	In May of 1973, Gail Sheehe was out on assignment for New York magazine to find some of Richard
0:39.0	Nixon's most unwavering defenders.
0:41.4	It was the first day of the Watergate hearings that I installed myself on a bar stool
0:46.8	in Terry's bar in Astoria, Queens. Shee went to Terry's bar every day for a week
0:52.0	straight.
0:53.2	The customers there were blue collar Nixon voters.
0:55.7	They were iron workers, construction workers, elevator repairmen.
0:59.2	Shee's plan was to watch the Senate hearings alongside them and talk to them about why they love Nixon.
1:04.0	But when the bar owner put the hearings on TV and floated the idea with his regulars...
1:08.0	Hey guys, you want to watch that Watergate thing? Their answer was unanimous.
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