Never mind that a wartime sitting president was thrown out of office by a hostile (and pro-enemy) press, opposition party, and "antiwar" movement (that was by the way, in continuous contact with Hanoi throughout the war).
Never mind that the methods used to get him out of office were slimy, underhanded, and unethical and would cause these tactics to become the standard now for all of our political culture, from that time forward.
Never mind that Nixon was the one guy to defuse the Cold War and get the policies of American adminstrations to stop with the provocative acts (like JFK's campaign of assassinations).
Never mind that JFK and LBJ were far more venal, far more corrupt - but had the advantage of a sympathetic, even fawning press to cover things up for them.
Yup, No matter what the damage was to our country and our future, we should have always have gone after Nixon.
Perspective, please.
Well done.
You are absolutely correct.
Young un’s here need to read your posts on this thread to understand what went down before, during and after Watergate.
Richard Nixon was targeted by the odious Left from his days on HUAC. With a fully compliant, propagandizing LeftMedia and a key contribution from a cowardly little, back-stabbing rat-faced weasel named John Dean, they finally achieved their revenge in Watergate.
The process leading to his resignation was constitutional and within the power of congress.
Here's a hint. If the other party is in power and you're not popular and you keep a personal enemies list, don't say into a tape machine in your own office that you can get money to hush up witnesses and the accused. Not a good idea. Not very presidential.
You carry on with your job at the Nixon library. I'm sure your history book will be on the fiction best seller list.