WEBVTT 00:01.169 --> 00:02.602 VOTING NO. THE THIRD AND FINAL VOTE ALONG 00:02.636 --> 00:05.772 THE THIRD AND FINAL VOTE ALONG WITH THOSE GUYS WAS A REPUBLICAN 00:05.806 --> 00:10.610 WITH THOSE GUYS WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM INDIANA NAMED EARL 00:10.645 --> 00:13.079 FROM INDIANA NAMED EARL LANDGREBE, ONE OF THE GREAT 00:13.081 --> 00:15.682 LANDGREBE, ONE OF THE GREAT NAMES IN AMERICAN POLITICS EVER. 00:15.683 --> 00:18.185 NAMES IN AMERICAN POLITICS EVER. EARL LANDGREBE WAS A GUY IN 00:18.219 --> 00:20.054 EARL LANDGREBE WAS A GUY IN GENERAL I THINK ENJOYED BEING 00:20.087 --> 00:22.989 GENERAL I THINK ENJOYED BEING CONTRARY, BEING KIND OF THE 00:23.023 --> 00:24.524 CONTRARY, BEING KIND OF THE POISON IVY PATCH AT THE PICNIC. 00:24.559 --> 00:27.294 POISON IVY PATCH AT THE PICNIC. FOR EXAMPLE, EARL LANDGREBE ONCE 00:27.328 --> 00:28.529 FOR EXAMPLE, EARL LANDGREBE ONCE VOTED AGAINST CANCER RESEARCH. 00:28.563 --> 00:30.864 VOTED AGAINST CANCER RESEARCH. HE WAS THE ONLY VOTE IN THE 00:30.865 --> 00:32.299 HE WAS THE ONLY VOTE IN THE ENTIRE CONGRESS AGAINST THIS 00:32.300 --> 00:33.567 ENTIRE CONGRESS AGAINST THIS CANCER RESEARCH APPROPRIATION. 00:33.568 --> 00:36.603 CANCER RESEARCH APPROPRIATION. BECAUSE HE ARGUED AGAINST THE 00:36.604 --> 00:37.804 BECAUSE HE ARGUED AGAINST THE CANCER RESEARCH -- HE ARGUED 00:37.839 --> 00:38.638 CANCER RESEARCH -- HE ARGUED WHAT’S THE POINT? 00:38.673 --> 00:40.474 WHAT’S THE POINT? HE LITERALLY ARGUED THAT THERE 00:40.475 --> 00:42.509 HE LITERALLY ARGUED THAT THERE WAS NO POINT IN SPENDING ANY 00:42.510 --> 00:44.177 WAS NO POINT IN SPENDING ANY MONEY TO TRY TO CURE CANCER 00:44.178 --> 00:45.578 MONEY TO TRY TO CURE CANCER BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POINT IN 00:45.580 --> 00:46.280 BECAUSE THERE WAS NO POINT IN CURING CANCER. 00:46.281 --> 00:49.016 CURING CANCER. BECAUSE EVEN IF WE CURED CANCER, 00:49.050 --> 00:50.885 BECAUSE EVEN IF WE CURED CANCER, THAT WOULD ONLY CHANGE, QUOTE, 00:50.919 --> 00:52.286 THAT WOULD ONLY CHANGE, QUOTE, WHICH WAY YOU’RE GOING TO GO. 00:52.287 --> 00:54.621 WHEN ASKED AFTERWARDS WHY HE VOTED NO ON THE QUORUM VOTE, HE 00:54.656 --> 00:55.856 VOTED NO ON THE QUORUM VOTE, HE SAID HE COULD NOT RECALL 00:55.891 --> 00:56.190 SAID HE COULD NOT RECALL EXACTLY. 00:56.224 --> 00:58.559 EXACTLY. BUT I’M SURE AT THE TIME IT 00:58.560 --> 01:00.427 BUT I’M SURE AT THE TIME IT SEEMED QUITE IMPERATIVE TO HIM. 01:00.429 --> 01:02.362 SEEMED QUITE IMPERATIVE TO HIM. EARL LANDGREBE HAS GONE DOWN IN 01:02.397 --> 01:05.265 EARL LANDGREBE HAS GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS A KIND OF RIPPLY’S 01:05.266 --> 01:06.933 HISTORY AS A KIND OF RIPPLY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT CHARACTER IN 01:06.968 --> 01:09.069 BELIEVE IT OR NOT CHARACTER IN THE WATERGATE ERA BECAUSE OF 01:09.070 --> 01:10.170 THE WATERGATE ERA BECAUSE OF STUFF LIKE THAT. 01:10.204 --> 01:12.906 STUFF LIKE THAT. AND IN LARGE PART AT THE HEIGHT 01:12.941 --> 01:15.576 AND IN LARGE PART AT THE HEIGHT OF WATERGATE WITH THE SOUTH BEND 01:15.577 --> 01:17.378 OF WATERGATE WITH THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER IN HIS HOME 01:17.379 --> 01:18.045 TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER IN HIS HOME STATE OF INDIANA. 01:18.046 --> 01:22.650 STATE OF INDIANA. THE WEEK OF NIXON’S RESIGNATION 01:22.651 --> 01:24.485 THE WEEK OF NIXON’S RESIGNATION HE SAID, QUOTE, DON’T CONFUSE ME 01:24.520 --> 01:26.053 HE SAID, QUOTE, DON’T CONFUSE ME WITH THE FACTS, I HAVE GOT A 01:26.087 --> 01:26.653 WITH THE FACTS, I HAVE GOT A CLOSED MIND. 01:26.655 --> 01:28.088 CLOSED MIND. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT. 01:28.123 --> 01:30.023 I WILL NOT VOTE FOR IMPEACHMENT. I’M GOING TO STICK WITH MY 01:30.058 --> 01:31.992 I’M GOING TO STICK WITH MY PRESIDENT EVEN IF HE AND I HAVE 01:32.027 --> 01:33.794 PRESIDENT EVEN IF HE AND I HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THIS BUILDING 01:33.795 --> 01:35.429 TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THIS BUILDING AND SHOT. 01:35.463 --> 01:38.098 AND SHOT. DON’T CONFUSE ME WITH THE FACTS, 01:38.132 --> 01:38.932 DON’T CONFUSE ME WITH THE FACTS, I’VE GOT A CLOSED MIND. 01:38.967 --> 01:41.202 I’VE GOT A CLOSED MIND. NBC NEWS CAUGHT UP WITH EARL 01:41.203 --> 01:42.369 NBC NEWS CAUGHT UP WITH EARL LANDGREBE JUST OUTSIDE THE 01:42.371 --> 01:43.570 LANDGREBE JUST OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL BUILDING AFTER THE 01:43.572 --> 01:45.005 CAPITOL BUILDING AFTER THE SMOKING GUN EVIDENCE WAS 01:45.007 --> 01:46.206 SMOKING GUN EVIDENCE WAS RELEASED SHOWING NIXON 01:46.208 --> 01:47.508 RELEASED SHOWING NIXON PERSONALLY ORDERING THE SHUTDOWN 01:47.543 --> 01:49.543 PERSONALLY ORDERING THE SHUTDOWN OF THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION. 01:49.578 --> 01:52.713 OF THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION. EVEN AT THE POINT WITH NIXON’S 01:52.748 --> 01:54.515 EVEN AT THE POINT WITH NIXON’S STAUNCHEST SUPPORTERS, PEOPLE 01:54.516 --> 01:57.685 STAUNCHEST SUPPORTERS, PEOPLE WHO HAD VOTED AGAINST THE 01:57.719 --> 01:59.019 WHO HAD VOTED AGAINST THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, 01:59.021 --> 02:02.924 ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT, FLIPPING SAYING HE’S GOT TO GO, 02:02.925 --> 02:05.526 FLIPPING SAYING HE’S GOT TO GO, EVEN AT THAT POINT HE WAS 02:05.561 --> 02:05.926 EVEN AT THAT POINT HE WAS UNPERTURBED. 02:05.928 --> 02:07.462 UNPERTURBED. >> SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE 02:07.496 --> 02:09.230 >> SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEW 02:09.264 --> 02:10.598 HAVE LOOKED AT THE NEW TRANSCRIPTS AND CONCLUDED A CASE 02:10.632 --> 02:13.501 TRANSCRIPTS AND CONCLUDED A CASE CAN BE MADE FOR OBSTRUCTION OF 02:13.502 --> 02:14.101 CAN BE MADE FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. 02:14.103 --> 02:15.202 JUSTICE. DO YOU THINK FIRST THAT CASE CAN 02:15.204 --> 02:17.338 DO YOU THINK FIRST THAT CASE CAN BE MADE, AND EVEN AT THIS POINT 02:17.339 --> 02:18.940 BE MADE, AND EVEN AT THIS POINT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE REMOVED? 02:18.974 --> 02:20.508 THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE REMOVED? >> I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD BE 02:20.542 --> 02:21.242 >> I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD BE REMOVED, AND I DON’T THINK HE 02:21.243 --> 02:22.610 REMOVED, AND I DON’T THINK HE SHOULD RESIGN. 02:22.611 --> 02:24.312 SHOULD RESIGN. I -- MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I’M NOT 02:24.313 --> 02:25.046 I -- MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE I’M NOT A LAWYER. 02:25.080 --> 02:30.318 A LAWYER. MAYBE I’M NOT QUITE AS GUNG HO 02:30.352 --> 02:31.319 MAYBE I’M NOT QUITE AS GUNG HO ON LEGALISM. 02:31.320 --> 02:33.821 ON LEGALISM. I’M STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN 02:33.823 --> 02:36.424 I’M STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME BALANCE AND TO LET INTO 02:36.425 --> 02:39.460 SOME BALANCE AND TO LET INTO THIS WHOLE MATTER JUST WHO’S 02:39.461 --> 02:41.829 THIS WHOLE MATTER JUST WHO’S YOUR HORSE SENSE -- 02:41.830 --> 02:44.665 YOUR HORSE SENSE -- >> LET ME JUST INTERJECT THERE, 02:44.667 --> 02:46.167 >> LET ME JUST INTERJECT THERE, WHAT HE SAID THERE WAS HOOSIER 02:46.169 --> 02:46.868 WHAT HE SAID THERE WAS HOOSIER HORSE SENSE. 02:46.869 --> 02:48.870 HORSE SENSE. HE’S REMINDING FOLKS AT HOME IN 02:48.904 --> 02:50.271 HE’S REMINDING FOLKS AT HOME IN INDIANA HE’S A HOOSIER AND 02:50.272 --> 02:53.074 INDIANA HE’S A HOOSIER AND THEREFORE HE’S GOT A BETTER 02:53.075 --> 02:54.576 THEREFORE HE’S GOT A BETTER HORSE SENSE VIEW OF THIS. 02:54.577 --> 02:56.778 HORSE SENSE VIEW OF THIS. HE ACTUALLY GETS HANGED UP ON 02:56.779 --> 02:58.146 HE ACTUALLY GETS HANGED UP ON THE HOOSIER HORSE SENSE OF THIS 02:58.180 --> 03:00.081 THE HOOSIER HORSE SENSE OF THIS AS THE REASON WHY RICHARD NIXON 03:00.115 --> 03:01.049 AS THE REASON WHY RICHARD NIXON SHOULD STAY PRESIDENT. 03:01.083 --> 03:04.686 SHOULD STAY PRESIDENT. >> I JUST -- I CAN’T -- I JUST 03:04.687 --> 03:06.087 >> I JUST -- I CAN’T -- I JUST WILL NOT PERMIT JUST STRICT 03:06.122 --> 03:10.024 WILL NOT PERMIT JUST STRICT SHEER LEGALISM TO WARP MY 03:10.059 --> 03:12.661 SHEER LEGALISM TO WARP MY HOOSIER HORSE SENSE, YOU SEE? 03:12.662 --> 03:13.995 HOOSIER HORSE SENSE, YOU SEE? >> SO EVEN IF HE IS GUILTY OF 03:14.030 --> 03:16.264 >> SO EVEN IF HE IS GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE YOU DO 03:16.299 --> 03:17.766 OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE YOU DO NOT THINK HE SHOULD BE REMOVED? 03:17.767 --> 03:20.869 NOT THINK HE SHOULD BE REMOVED? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 03:20.870 --> 03:22.604 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. NOT UNTIL SOMEBODY PROVES 03:22.605 --> 03:24.072 NOT UNTIL SOMEBODY PROVES THERE’S DAMAGE OTHER THAN JUST 03:24.073 --> 03:25.607 THERE’S DAMAGE OTHER THAN JUST DEFENDING SOME LEGALISTIC 03:25.608 --> 03:26.575 DEFENDING SOME LEGALISTIC CONGRESSMAN WHO CONTENDS THAT 03:26.576 --> 03:32.214 CONGRESSMAN WHO CONTENDS THAT THE PRESIDENT LIED TO ME. 03:32.248 --> 03:34.850 THE PRESIDENT LIED TO ME. WHEN WEYOU PROVE DAMAGE TO THIS 03:34.884 --> 03:35.317 WHEN WEYOU PROVE DAMAGE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY. 03:35.318 --> 03:36.318 GREAT COUNTRY. WHEN YOU PROVE THAT WE’VE LOST 03:36.352 --> 03:37.853 WHEN YOU PROVE THAT WE’VE LOST SOME FREEDOM. 03:37.887 --> 03:39.821 SOME FREEDOM. WHEN YOU PROVE THAT PART OF OUR 03:39.856 --> 03:40.955 WHEN YOU PROVE THAT PART OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER, HAS 03:40.990 --> 03:43.125 COUNTRY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER, HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A FOREIGN POWER. 03:43.159 --> 03:44.560 BEEN GIVEN TO A FOREIGN POWER. WHEN YOU PROVE SOME DAMAGE, THEN 03:44.594 --> 03:45.527 WHEN YOU PROVE SOME DAMAGE, THEN YOU’VE GOT A CASE. 03:45.562 --> 03:46.795 YOU’VE GOT A CASE. BUT THERE’S NO DAMAGE HERE THAT 03:46.829 --> 03:47.729 BUT THERE’S NO DAMAGE HERE THAT CAN BE PROVEN. 03:47.763 --> 03:51.199 CAN BE PROVEN. >> NOW, SEE, IF IT WERE FOREIGN 03:51.234 --> 03:53.268 >> NOW, SEE, IF IT WERE FOREIGN INFLUENCE, IF IT WERE SOME