Posted on 06/19/2022 2:38:45 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Absolutely, it was extremely important for the balance of power.
I'm saying that the President is presented with all kinds of situations where he almost snaps his fingers and incredible things get done, things that turn pipe dreams into reality.
Perhaps the idea of "doing the impossible" went to Nixon's head. Perhaps he really was morally weak. Perhaps he made a spur-of-the-moment decision that he soon regretted, but couldn't walk back. I don't know which.
The media absolutely hated him, as much as they hated Reagan or Trump. They were more reserved about showing it, but the hatred was just as strong. Not that it matters.
As KC_Conspirator said, Obama's bugging of the Trump campaign was worse, and had no consequences at all.
“””Nixon wasn’t involved in the break-in, but he WAS involved in the cover-up. Which was his big screw-up. Had he simply come out and said, “There is no justification for this break-in, and the people responsible will be held accountable. Since it happened on my watch, and ‘the buck stops here,’ I will make damn sure they are,” he would have weathered the storm and served out his presidency. But that was just not in his character. Which is a shame, because I think he could have been a great president if he didn’t have that personality flaw.”””
I agree. Going into the 1972 election, Nixon was a shoo-in to win with a huge majority.
Since we have just gone through a ‘deep state’ removal of Trump in 2020, it is very likely the ‘deep state’ did what they did at Watergate to get rid of Nixon.
There are powerful people who control the political machines more than we peons can imagine.
Nixon had 520 electoral votes and I think Reagan had 525?
Exactly my thought. And Mark Felt was more of craven opportunist than an innocent ‘source’.
Like a pathetic, elderly drunk uncle who needs to dine on his football glory game from high school every single damn family get together.
…which is what EVERY administration has done regularly ever since… and probably before..
Wallace? The lead? Like Meatloaf said: Two out three ain’t bad.
I always had the impression that when told about the break in Nixon was like “huh? OK, just take care of it” and promptly forgot all about it because he knew his predecessors were guilty of far far worse.
He was taken by complete surprise when he realized the rats & media had taken a mickey mouse misdemeanor and used to defeat a guy they had no hope of beating in a straight up election.
Yes, Nixon was the first president or presidential candidate of the modern era that the media truly hated. The media hated Reagan, but bot with such vehemence. The media hatred of Nixon was only eclipsed by the media hatred of Trump.
Not that popular vote decides the outcome, but Nixon received 17,995,488 more votes than his opponent, which is the American record.
Second was Reagan in 1984 (16,878,120 votes), followed by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 (15,951,287 votes).
Too bad we will never see that again
Yes, Nixon was the first president or presidential candidate of the modern era that the media truly hated. The media hated Reagan, but not with such vehemence. The media hatred of Nixon was only eclipsed by the media hatred of Trump.
Nixon didn’t do anything that the Kennedys and the democrats didn’t do to him years earlier. Everyone knew that including the opportunistic hypocrites at the Washington Post. Read It Didn’t Start With Watergate.
I’m not a shrink, but I’ve seem men crack under pressure. And the presidency is unrelenting pressure. IMO, Nixon cracked and paranoia set in. I believe Nixon was one of the most brilliant men to serve as president, but he had a flawed personality that led him to make bad decisions when he felt the heat of opposition.
Nixon was a bit too left wing for me but he should never have stepped down.
50 years and Woodward is still a loser hanging on trying to (needing to?) milk that dead cow.
I too wonder why Nixon did it.
By ‘it,’ I mean:
1. Have a constant audio surveillance system installed in the White House ***at your own request***.
2. Forget you installed an audio surveillance system in the White House and then get recorded discussing/ordering things that at best would make you look bad and at worst would be used in evidence against you in your impeachment/criminal trial.
3. Having done point 2, failing to erase the tapes the same day and put them back for reuse.
You have to be really, really, really, really stupid to do that. I know there’s some Nixon worshipers here, but between the above stupidity and China, I’m sorry, we were better off without him.
[ “Nixon didn’t do anything.”
Nixon wasn’t involved in the break-in, but he WAS involved in the cover-up. Which was his big screw-up. Had he simply come out and said, “There is no justification for this break-in, and the people responsible will be held accountable. Since it happened on my watch, and ‘the buck stops here,’ I will make damn sure they are,” he would have weathered the storm and served out his presidency. But that was just not in his character. Which is a shame, because I think he could have been a great president if he didn’t have that personality flaw. ]
Nixon saw the rise of the deep state ( 1952-1970’s) and I think he feared them which is what drove him in the corner and made him think he had to cover up.
Also the call girls were there for visiting democrat bigwigs
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