frost nixon watergate full interview part 2

[marensargent5]

I was not alive during the 70's...can someone tell me, did Nixon always have that permanent angry look on his face? Or just during this interview?

[malrosemallory]

"election" not lectionaries. Stupid spell check.

[malrosemallory]

My whole thing is why was Nixon so worried about the lectionaries when there were thousands of people so disappointed of the war. If he really wanted to win the election all he had to do was end the war!!

[jeditenihongo]

You can just feel the tension between the two in that interview.

[thtgyhudiddatting1ce]

Nixon pwnd at 2:22. Didn't have to watch Amy more. Well done David Frost

[kinggarus]

Nixon planted the seeds for party politics. Reagan, Bush Sr., and Bush Jr., watered the plant. Now we get to eat the fruit, and the fruit tastes like bullshit.

[virginiatechfanx]

1:27 you can hear an airplane in the background.

[untilhowlong]

only republican can be such a criminal. first coverup and then lie upfront. to even watch this interview  is painfully, Clearly Nixon is lost, he knew that interviewer already knew his soul, now let he fool the "innocent" around.

[Holdenon3]

@untilhowlong

"Only a republican can be such a criminal. "

Demagogue much?

[FACTUNTHJU]

Considering Nixon was the most hated man in the world at the time i think he did good in this interview...he might have got paid big bucks for this interview but my god he put on a good show.............i like him :)

I am british and no way was he half as bad as that bitch Thatcher.......she got away with murder,Literally....falklands etc

[hitcharide1]

I'd take Nixon over Obama any day. The crap that obummer has pulled that he'll never be held accountable for...or for that matter, Ted Kennedy; more people died as a result of teddy's drunken driving habits than died from watergate. How one side can supposedly do no good and the other side no wrong is just the ultimate in hypocrisy and delusion.

[0engima0]

nixon disliked it

[Commandant02]

@0engima0 lmao

[JohnHay57]

Ron Howard’s movie changed the interviews and the history substantially. Frost did the same with the actual interviews themselves, by redoing them in this program. He chooses snippets, and gives his own views about each, leaving out important pieces that show a very different story. Between them, Howard and Frost have tried to change history. The truth is that Nixon defeated Frost easily and convincingly in the original interview, which Frost made impossible to find.

[bennyboyjones]

@JohnHay57 So how did you watch it then, if it's "IMPOSSIBLE to find"? There was a torrent a few years back which contained all the interviews that were aired, and I watched them all so I'm assuming you did the same. I don't know where you got this "Nixon defeated Frost easily" from. It's an interview, not a boxing match.

[JohnHay57]

@bennyboyjones The boxing match idea was not mine but Frost’s, and it comprised the main theme of the movie made by Howard. The Lefties have been saying Frost “won” the “battle” ever since the interviews, and as usual, they are lying. To the extent that anyone won or lost, Nixon carved Frost up. And, bennyboyjones, if the original interviews are out there, where are they? I spent half a day looking, and it appears Frost has done his best to bury them. After all, they prove he lost decisively...

[bennyboyjones]

@JohnHay57 Once again, 8 hours worth were downloadable off a torrent site about 3 or 4 years ago which is how I watched them. Nixon was a disgraced former president at the time these interviews took place, he couldn't "win" anything. No one can "win" an interview anyway, but what I still don't understand is how you say you've never seen them but you still insist that "Nixon carved Frost up", whatever that means. I don't understand where you've got this idea that Frost "lost decisively".

[JohnHay57]

@bennyboyjones Nixon is a “disgrace” because hippies have been writing the news for the last 40 years. Come back in a hundred years and this “disgrace” crap will have disappeared. Historians will view the real tapes and see for themselves that Frost is an idiot. As for your assumption that I haven’t seen the tapes, check my entries above to see that no such thing was said. You have not answered the question about the tapes’ whereabouts - the ones Frost buried, remember? Cat got your tongue?

[bennyboyjones]

@JohnHay57 Only 8 hours were ever broadcast you idiot, and I've seen them all which I've already explained twice. Nixon wasn't a "bad president" per se, I'll give you that but that doesn't change the fact that he was disgraced. You've contradicted yourself, you claimed the tapes were "impossible to find", but now you're saying you've seen them all, if that's the case then convert them and upload them to youtube and stop whining. I see now that you're a right wing nutjob, what's that like?

[JohnHay57]

@bennyboyjones Just because I saw the moon landing does not mean I own the moon landing tapes. I said I saw the Frost/Nixon interview, I did not say I owned the tapes. That was your crazy assumption. Frost and Ron Howard tried to change history with their version of the interview, and Frost has buried the original tapes. You failed to point out a source for them. Any search brings up the edited versions, but no originals. Get back to me when you find them. I am sure you tried and failed already.

[trickykid73]

@JohnHay57 your a dick head !

[snakegutt]

thanks for uploading...i've watched the whole thing (i must admit i was kind of zoning in and out) but i was wondering if anybody knew at which point in this series of video he says "when the president does it that means it's not illegal" I just need Frost's particular quote for an assignment - thank you if you can help

[Shnufkin]

nixon was an effective president, apart from watergate

[cgwatson1996]

Can anyone else hear a plane going over?

[ThePonko92]

@cgwatson1996 yeah at about 1:45 ish lol

[TheDeadhead76]

I wouldn't say nixion was the worst president we ever had. That title would belong to either w. bush,harding or hoover.

[CostaDelBarto]

The last few moments of this video really are pure intertubes gold.

Nixon has no idea what he's saying - Frost gets him on the statute and all of a sudden Nixon's clearly lying on the spot, rambling about having studied a statute before it existed.

[CostaDelBarto]

F:...you already knew about Hunt and Liddy and had talked about both so that is obstruction of justice. Period.

N: Now just a moment. That's your conclusion.

F:It is. (sips water)...

Frost really does has the old velvet glove charm, but the glove is packed with an iron fist and he just keeps punching away at the sweet spot. Still absolutely fascinating after all this time.

[movieman175]

frost would be the best man to interview bush

[06livefast]

The way he speaks, when he's in a defensive position, refelcts and is almost a mirror image, of the way George Bush would react/speak when being interviewed in the same position. Just watch the way he looks at Frost, the way he almost pushes with his eyes, it's almost desperate. I dunno, something to look at.

[WASP021]

@06livefast Im not sure what you think Bush ever actually lied about..... the whole "45 minute" claim was actually from the British Secret service. And before you say "No WMD's", this has been argued to death, and everyone knows we sold them to saddam in the 1980s, he had them, and never let us in to get them back. IF Bush lied about anything though, its in the interests of national security. You cant compare this to Nixon who was lying because he was a cunt.

[WASP021]

@06livefast Im not sure what you think Bush ever actually lied about..... the whole "45 minute" claim was actually from the British Secret service. And before you say "No WMD's", this has been argued to death, and everyone knows we sold them to saddam in the 1980s, he had them, and never let us in to get them back. IF Bush lied about anything though, its in the interests of national security. You cant compare this to Nixon who was lying because he was a c*nt

[sabre000001]

it's not like in the movie Nixon is down in all the interviews not just in the last

[inhisgrace007]

The most self-distructive personality flaw is 'self-importance'. Nixon is 'self-importance' personified. It could be seen in the JFK / Nixon debate for the presidency of the United States. Additionally, Nixon's pride, as the Bible says, 'goes before the fall. Which David Frost, and his team, orchastrated Nixon's downfall/humilation with great finess.

[mcstaford]

Tricky Dick was a good man. He fucked up, playing the same games that have been played by all sides for time immemorial. Except he got caught! Who got us the hell out of Nam? Any of you dirty, ex-hippies turned college professors remember that?

[jensbuhler]

@mcstaford You shouldn't have been there in the first place.

[mcstaford]

@jensbuhler Absolutely!! We thank pretty boy Kennedy and Commie Johnson for that honor!

[CounterCultureLives]

@mcstaford Actually, the truth is that many of Nixon's defenders today are the 9Democtat) "dirty, ex-hippies" of the past.

[soorayHOMS]

@mcstaford it was more of Kissinger's mastermind that got us out of indochina, but totally agree watergate destroyed Nixon's legacy. He was a solid president minus watergate

[mdragoonx]

Yes, fear and loathing. It's in regards to the American Dream and how it had died in the years following Vietnam, Watergate, etc.

[bluecollarlit]

@mdragoonx Just began reading "Fear and Loathing: on the Campaign Trail '72."

[rationalsalvation]

Why does Nixon keep belching after every other word?

[DjAdrenaline2008]

didint know nixon had a youtube account (1 dislike)

[markstar777]

paxman vs nixon minus crappy h.s.thompson,

discuss ;)

[SethHesio]

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

[nerdflanders8710]

@SethHesio even the wool that he was pulling over people's eyes was 80% polyester.

[yesade1]

Classic.Frost should get Bush Jr next!

[kimattbort]

@yesade1 your an idiot

[Skunkybiffta]

@yesade1 He wouldn't have a clue what Frost would be talking about. He'd be looking for cue's by lawyers on the sidelines or something.

[killer600000]

@yesade1 I doubt any president will ever let themselfs go through again

[indydaisy1]

@yesade1 What would be the point of that bush cant string a sensible sentence together to save his dodo arse.

[3waybar]

Nixon is dragging out this conversation, to the point of nothingness

just explain exactly how and why you covered up a burglary that was spurred amongst your own staff and political beneficiaries

It should take no more than 2minutes, jesus, I can't watch this, such a waste of time

[OnRockIT]

@3waybar He wanted to drag out the conversation and wear Frost out. That was his basic tactic.  He was smart in trying to sidestep Frosts questions.

[Toxiejunkie]

I like nixon, but im gonna host a drinking game to this video everytime nixon says "uhh" TAKE A SHOT!!!!!!!!!

[joshanator1]

@Toxiejunkie

I'm in! LOL

[joshanator1]

@Toxiejunkie

I'm in! You'd have to take my keys away. I'd be totally fucked up! LOL

[Toxiejunkie]

@joshanator1

lol

[wallblues]

@Toxiejunkie If you wanna get plastered, be sure to include everytime he says "Now just a moment!!" as well. :}

[kinggarus]

He goes to great lengths to cover his ass in this interview, kinda like another president we've had recently. Isn't he?

[dpman72]

I hate it when people flag a comment as "spam" just because they disagree with it. Facism to it's core.

[gijsgeluid2006]

you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark — that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.

[PETERALANCE]

@gijsgeluid2006 Fear and loathing :)

well said

[Kmcyle]

@gijsgeluid2006 nice hunter thompson quote

[trickykid73]

@gijsgeluid2006 Hunter s Thompson......Nixon is a swine !

[skorpionsks]

@gijsgeluid2006

Hunter S Thompson.

[michaelvkelly]

@gijsgeluid2006 fear and loathing??

[granetok]

@gijsgeluid2006 hahaha I just watched Frost/Nixon and Fear and Loathing in a little marathon, funny you come up with this quote...

[pnice000]

@gijsgeluid2006 I Hear HST still muttering today. What would he say now?

[MrNovelist]

Nixon was one of the greatest american presidents to grace this country

[Bynkers83]

@MrNovelist Best joke of the week!

[Lennon4life1968]

@MrNovelist ..wow....you must have really low expectations

[unassumption]

@MrNovelist

last progressive president... as much as he probably wouldn't want to be known as that

[MrMrmike5]

@unassumption no barack obama is the president your looking for

[debateisfutile]

President carter was a nice guy, not particularly effective. Nixon was a bit of a bastard, but quite effective. Reagan was a bit of a bastard, but effective. I sense a pattern emerging...

[acdctnt38]

@danicalifornia65 in wartime yes, not in peacetime. economy was fantastic during clinton

[DeadlyMACD]

What does that mean...bastard? Seems like a stupid comment. There will never be a leader that everyone likes.

[TomMackio]

@debateisfutile Was JFK a bastard? Was he effective? How about Franklin D. Roosevelt?

[RammingSpeed11]

i might get slack for saying this but i truly believe that Nixon will go down as one of the greatest presidents in history.

[airdriver]

I would say effective, not great. Greatness eluded him, especially in the wake of Watergate. But putting that aside, he was extremely effective.

[ReverandCiderMan]

@RammingSpeed11

Quite possibly, retrospectively the greatest figures in history were extremely controversial at the time, but then so were the most despised, I tend to agree with you, by the light of history is fantastically unpredictable. Only time will tell...

[tylermunger]

@RammingSpeed11 no..

[tylermunger]

@RammingSpeed11 mainly because watergate, as bad as it was, wasn't the only bad thing Nixon did. What about the Healthcare ordeal? look it up. It was also in Michael Moore's film "Sicko"

[iamdiaperman]

Compared to Obama, President Nixon is a saint .

[screwoffreg]

@iamdiaperman those million dead Cambodians would disagree.

[iamdiaperman]

@screwoffreg let the viet cong take some responsibility for their actions hey? fuck em, its war, the innocent suffer in war and thats how it will and always will be. America is nice to you if you dont blow stuff up, but once you start doing so, then see you later says America ! God bless USA ! peace loving, righteous, good hearted nation of people !

[Nemomeansnoname]

@iamdiaperman you've got to be kidding me. The VietCong didn't come up until the U.S. stepped in to a country that was in the middle of a civil war. We had no reason to go into Vietnam. It was a civil war with a country that had just thrown out a French power that had been in control of their country up until that point. To simply say "fuck" the innocent is to basically say that it's ok to walk around town shooting people and say well crazy people with guns hurt people, that's just how it goes.