tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post927553053448320387..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: April 5, 1973Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-8342372431610227232013-04-06T19:35:29.588-05:002013-04-06T19:35:29.588-05:00That's a great question. He probably still thi...That's a great question. He probably still thinks that Mitchell could save them (and him!) by claiming responsibility for Watergate...that would be a big enough fish for the Democrats, and a Mitchell/Magruder cover-up wouldn't implicate the WH...or a Mitchell/Magruder cover-up operated by Dean wouldn't implicate him, Haldeman, and Nixon. <br /><br />I don't think it would have worked by this point, even if Dean had stayed loyal. But Ehrlichman might have thought it would work. Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-61709916350309528592013-04-06T14:02:01.930-05:002013-04-06T14:02:01.930-05:00Does Erlichman know by now that it's curtains ...Does Erlichman know by now that it's curtains for him? What I mean is, that he can't survive while still protecting the P. Are the formal processes far enough along now, and the understanding of where it's likely to head, that Erlichman can't escape the knowledge that he won't survive?Tybaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-29033422578637892602013-04-06T08:53:17.723-05:002013-04-06T08:53:17.723-05:00I'm really finding these updates fascinating; ...I'm really finding these updates fascinating; it's a little bit like the Mirror Universe West Wing. Haldeman was Mirror Leo (with a beard), Dean was Mirror Sam Seaborn (with a beard), Ehrlichman was Mirror Toby (presumably beardless)...<br /><br />Robert John Burkehttp://www.burkestories.comnoreply@blogger.com