[MamaLucci]

He resigned for NO REASON.

Pardon me for butting in here, but Nixon resigned because the media drum-beat (not unlike what we are seeing right now) forced wishy-washy republicans (namely, Trent Lott) to go along with the democrats political asassination of a sitting president. Did Nixon make some mistakes? Yes. ALL Presidents do. Were laws broken by subordinates? It would seem so, but I submit that that is the case, one way or another, in EVERY administration. Clinton raised it to an art form. The left in this country HATED Nixon, so he had to go. Just in MHO, of course. :)

[Howlin]

Were laws broken by subordinates?

You do realize, don't you that

On Aug. 5, Nixon made public the transcripts of three recorded conversations that were among those to be given to Jaworski. At the same time he admitted that he had been aware of the Watergate coverup shortly after the break-in occurred and that he had tried to halt the Federal Bureau of Investigation's inquiry into the break-in. Several days later (Aug. 9) Nixon resigned and was succeeded by Gerald R. Ford.

There may have been a drumbeat, but Richard Nixon was CARRYING the drum. And there were plenty of regular Republicans who thought he should resign, too.

Ford pardoned him so he wouldn't be prosecuted and sent to jail. He was NOT a man who was innocent and driven out of office.