the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develops weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the waterg
Were eight settlements against him and obviously everyone in the company knew about it. I have to say i wondered about his wife, who i gather last night announced she was leaving him finally and how she could possibly not have heard about this. How do you think that this happened, how was this allowed to go on and on and have nobody speak out until now . As a society and as a culture, we protect them. That is the 20 milliondollar question, why. Is it because we are protecting our own jobs . Is it because we are protecting a person in power . Those are the two top reasons but now that the floodgates have been opened i get so much credit to the women who were able to tell their stories and by the way, eight settlements and theres probably more that have been reported. But that doesnt mean there were only eight people. There were three other people who have come forward who havent reached settlements. What is the statute of limitation . It is a longer statute of limitations for Sexual Har
With jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen thank you very much thank you, thank you. Hey, everybody please have a seat, everybody please stephen welcome, welcome, one and all, to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause thank you very much. A lot of excitement. Great audience. I cant blame them. First of all, happy hannukah, everbody. Todays the first night of hannukah, when good jewish boys and gisp from their beds to see their parents going to work because they dont have the day off. Its also a big election day in alabama. And now its official roy moore is or is not our newest u. S. Senator. Long before the polls closed. One thing we do know is how roy moore got to the polls. He arrived on horseback yes and i just want to say to roy moore, hello you and the horse you rode in on. cheers and applause heres a bit of an eyebrow raiser the horses name is sass
And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen thank you very much thank you, thank you. Hey, everybody please have a seat, everybody please stephen welcome, welcome, one and all, to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause thank you very much. A lot of excitement. Great audience. I cant blame first of all, happy hannukah, everbody. Todays the first night of hannukah, when good jewish boys and girls spring from their beds to see their parents going to work because they dont have the day off. Its also a big election day in alabama. And now its official roy moore is or is not our newest u. S. Senator. Long before the polls closed. One thing we do know is how roy moore got to the polls. He arrived on horseback yes and i just want to say to roy moore, hello you and the horse you rode in on. cheers and applause heres a bit of an eyebrow raiser the horses name is sassy. Well, i mean, that is a love
And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen thank you very much thank you, thank you. Hey, everybody please have a seat, everybody please stephen welcome, welcome, one and all, to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause thank you very much. A lot of excitement. Great audience. I cant blame them. First of all, happy hannukah, everbody. Todays the first night of hannukah, when good jewish boys and girls spring from their beds to see their parents going to work because they dont have the day off. Its also a big election day in alabama. And now its official roy moore is or is not our newest u. S. Senator. Long before the polls closed. One thing we do know is how roy moore got to the polls. He arrived on horseback yes and i just want to say to roy moore, hello you and the horse you rode in on. cheers and applause heres a bit of an eyebrow raiser the horses name is sassy. Well, i mean, that is