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To many of the younger Salon readers, Watergate is not a memory but rather, something they read or hear about. For a humorist like Art Buchwald, it was a blessing, providing a rich source for new, and funny material about which to write.
To no one's surprise, it was leaked that the Nixon crowd in the White House kept an ememies list. On it were assorted Senators, Congressmen, media people, and if memory serves, a few hollywood types. Among Washington society, it bacame an instant badge of status to have one's name on the list. Art Buchwald's name was not on the list, and he was chagrined. He then wrote a column claiming that his loss of status for not being on the list must certainly be because the list was a Machiavellian plot. The real enemies, claimed Buchwald in his column, were the ones whose names were not on the list. The column was a scream, and remains burned into my memory of Art Buchwald. R.I.P. Art.
James Somers
San Carlos, Ca.
