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I was serving in the military in those days and remember a couple things quite vividly. First, the blame for Watergate is Nixon's alone. He betrayed his supporters with his involvement. His lead over McGovern was insurmountable. There was no need for Watergate. There is no excuse for his involvement in Watergate. Watergate should never have happened. Laying the blame for Watergate at the feet of MSM is no different than people that lay the blame of crimes people commit at the feet of our society because of the social environment they grew up in. It's rubbish laying blame for a crime upon society, or any segment of society, including MSM.

Also, in the early stages of the 1976 presidential campaign, I was visited often by Evangelical members of our military while on duty soliciting votes for Jimmy Carter. They only muted their voices after the infamous Jimmy Carter interview in Playboy magazine. Until that interview it was Jimmy Carter most religious elements in or nation were touting.

As for President Jerry Ford, I will forever be thankful he took the unpopular step of pardoning Nixon upon his resignation from office and thus closing what would have been a gaping wound to our nation for many years to come. Closing that chapter of our history was the right thing to do for our nation. His action effectively closed the Congressional investigations and subsequent court battles that would have ensued.

As for President Jerry Ford, I will forever be thankful he took the unpopular step of pardoning Nixon upon his resignation from office and thus closing what would have been a gaping wound to our nation for many years to come. Closing that chapter of our history was the right thing to do for our nation. His action effectively closed the Congressional investigations and subsequent court battles that would have ensued.

Amen.

"First, the blame for Watergate is Nixon's alone."

Agreed, but the blow out for the party as a whole in its wake is what I think is the point of this article. The party was taken down with Nixon and the result was absolute disaster. That is where I think the MSM was complicit.