Worthy of its own thread, me thinks.

This is an interesting little reminiscence, on a number of levels. It even hints at a possible reason for why the impeachment of GWB is 'off the table'. I'm even starting to think that there might be a speck of truth in the RR Creed: The Parties are just the same. Oh, My!

1974: Hillary lost Judiciary Committee job after trying to block Nixon impeachment. Jerry Zeifman
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Hillary as I new her in 1974

At the time of Watergate I had overall supervisory authority over the House Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Inquiry staff that included Hillary Rodham -- who was later to become First Lady in the Clinton White House.

During that period I kept a private diary of the behind the scenes congressional activities. My original tape recordings of the diary and other materials related to the Nixon impeachment provided the basis for my prior book Without Honor and are now available for inspection in the George Washington University Library.

After President Nixon's resignation a young lawyer, who shared an office with Hillary, confided in me that he was dismayed by her erroneous legal opinions and efforts to deny Nixon representation by counsel -- as well as an unwillingness to investigate Nixon. In my diary of August 12, 1974 I noted the following: