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To: shadowlands1960

How many called on Nixon to resign?


2 posted on 07/07/2024 4:51:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Several.. don’t know if an actual tab was kept..


4 posted on 07/07/2024 4:53:11 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (We live in a world of intolerance masked as tolerance. RUSH LIMBAUGH)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; shadowlands1960
I got curious and looked it up.
On Aug. 7, 1974, U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., U.S. House Minority Leader John Rhodes, R-Ariz., and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, R-Pa., made it clear to the embattled Nixon that he faced all-but-certain impeachment, conviction and removal from office in connection with the Watergate scandal.

Nixon announced his resignation the next evening, effective at noon on Aug 9, 1974.

So it took only THREE members of his minority party to get him to resign. Now we are up to TWELVE Democrats telling Biden to bail out of the 2024 race.

Would Biden end his quest for re-election and NOT resign immediately?

6 posted on 07/07/2024 4:55:22 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Goldwater and Howard Baker went to him and told Nixon that he would be impeached and did not have the votes in the Senate.

That would have been a majority in the house and 2/3’ds of the Senate.

Obviously they were a majority Democrat, but a majority of Republicans were with them.

Funny…that was 50 years ago this summer. Time rhymes.


26 posted on 07/07/2024 5:22:26 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
How many called on Nixon to resign? I think lots of Democrats were calling on Nixon to resign.

They are only worried about the fate of the Democratic candidates in November if Biden is their Presidential candidate.

More pertinently, if Biden is not fit to serve as President for another term, why not demand he resign immediately? As awful as Kamala is in many ways, at least she doesn't have dementia. Trump may prefer to face Biden in November, but he should be equally effective against Kamala...and she would have nearly 4 months to demonstrate to the country that she is not up to the job.

37 posted on 07/07/2024 5:57:15 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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