president taft

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We watched "Dick" this evening. It was a favorite of mine when it came out back in '99; my wife says it's because it has a real "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" feel to it ... two very attractive, not-very-booksmart blondes and how they interact with the real world.

"Dick" had that, and it was made by someone who really knew the arcana of Watergate. I had to pause it several times to fill my wife in on some of the more arcane aspects of the scandal -- not just the 18-minute gap in the tapes, but the allusion to the Saturday Night Massacre, Butterfield's almost-accidental disclosure of the taping system, and the rivalry between Woodward and Bernstein. This just goes to prove that I should have been a virgin well into my 30s.