Exactly which is why I always wonder that the media, especially the east coast media, hated him so much. I agree with Stein in that I suspect it goes back to Alger Hiss but it's no secret that many of our current woes with big government started under Nixon (not that he was the one who got the rock rolling by any means!).
To tag on as for the remark "ridiculous burglary that no one to this date has any clue about its purpose" as far as I know there's no question about it, it's purpose was to acquire information on the use of prostitutes. There are grey areas within that but I thought it was pretty much settled that was the purpose. Have I missed something?
Certainly no more than other administrations have done and certainly a lot less.