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SleeplessinSoCal

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11. I was following the hearings via the BBC.
Sun Apr 14, 2024, 07:27 PM
Apr 2024

I hated Nixon and was very upset when he won. But the way the hearings were covered by the BBC lent sympathy for Nixon. It seemed like a bloodbath from over there. Plus his name was part of the American Memorial Chappel at Saint Paul's Cathedral. Now I realize that was strategy to give him more recognition on the world stage.such naiveté.



Later, I actually worked with Sen. Frank Church's son, Forrest Church, in church.

"He was Senior Minister of the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York City, until late 2006 when he was appointed as Minister of Public Theology. He wrote about Christianity, Gnosticism, religious liberty in the US tradition, and his own father, a US Senator."


He died at 61. He would've be horrified by where we are today. In my defense I also came very slowly to understanding American politics and learning about the influence of Ayn Rand and the Evangelical Christianists. And how the most loathsome among us abuse their religion for political gain.

About Forrest:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Church?wprov=sfla1

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