Big week, big week. I'm sure S-deep and I aren't the only journalists who think Hank Stuever put it brilliantly when he said "being in the dark about Deep Throat was more enthralling than holding it out to the light."
Even still, the conspiracy that was Watergate is captivating*. When I finished reading All the President's Men back in the day, I couldn't get into the sequel, The Final Days. Alas, I'm reading it now. Woodstein writes of Nixon:
After four years of handing out souvenir presidential favors of cufflinks, ties clasps, pens and golf balls, Nixon required assistance to open the cardboard boxes. Once, the President had called [Steve Bull] in to open an allergy-pill bottle, which Nixon had been struggling with for some time - the childproof type of bottle, with instructions saying "Press down while turning." The cap had teeth marks on it where Nixon had apparently tried to gnaw it open.
*Confession: When I was in 8th grade, I made a Watergate presentation by cutting out photos of about 30 Watergate players, putting them on construction paper backgrounds and attaching them to popsicle sticks. I then acted out the conspiracy using the Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Judge Sirica et al puppets to explain what went down.
