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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2127573" data-attributes="member: 1294">A real riot, missed his calling, should have been a politician himself.&quot;Certain elements may try to stretch the Watergate burglary beyond what it is.&quot; &amp;#8211;1972, referring to Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.&quot;This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative.&quot; &amp;#8211;April 17, 1973, retracting previous statements that had been revealed to be false.&quot;I would apologize to the Post, and I would apologize to Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bernstein.&quot; He continued, &quot;We would all have to say that mistakes were made in terms of comments. I was overenthusiastic in my comments about the Post, particularly if you look at them in the context of developments that have taken place.&quot; May 1, 1973; the previous day, White House counsel John Dean and Nixon aides John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman had resigned, as the Watergate scandal progressed.[7]&quot;If my answers sound confusing, I think they are confusing because the questions are confusing and the situation is confusing.&quot;&quot;Thank goodness, I was one of the few members of the Nixon White House staff who was never indicted and I was not part of the cover-up.&quot; - 1995, Larry King Live, alluding to the 11 convictions and numerous indictments in the scandal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2127573, member: 1294"] A real riot, missed his calling, should have been a politician himself. "Certain elements may try to stretch the Watergate burglary beyond what it is." –1972, referring to Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. "This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative." –April 17, 1973, retracting previous statements that had been revealed to be false. "I would apologize to the Post, and I would apologize to Mr. Woodward and Mr. Bernstein." He continued, "We would all have to say that mistakes were made in terms of comments. I was overenthusiastic in my comments about the Post, particularly if you look at them in the context of developments that have taken place." May 1, 1973; the previous day, White House counsel John Dean and Nixon aides John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman had resigned, as the Watergate scandal progressed.[7] "If my answers sound confusing, I think they are confusing because the questions are confusing and the situation is confusing." "Thank goodness, I was one of the few members of the Nixon White House staff who was never indicted and I was not part of the cover-up." - 1995, Larry King Live, alluding to the 11 convictions and numerous indictments in the scandal. [/QUOTE]

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