Posted on 06/07/2005 6:56:02 AM PDT by slowhand520
Let's face it, Nixon made history primarily because he is the only president forced to quit without finishing his term. Yes, the media helped bring him down. Years from now, Clinton will be remembered primarily as one of only two (so far) presidents to be impeached.
But the media also helped bring down Johnson. LBJ didn't quit during his term but he didn't run for re-election, and one of the primary reasons for that was the media stories that were destroying the country's faith in him. And rightly so. And in the past 37 years book after book and article after article (even by admirers) have exhaustively detailed how he stole elections in Texas and double crossed everybody.
Excuses them from what, exactly? What crime did Nixon do?
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