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If Nixon hadn't been threatened with impeachment and had to resign, he would have held the peace while he remained in office.

I heard a fascinating radio interview with someone back in 1998 who said that Vietnam was one of the reasons why Nixon was threatened with impeachment -- Watergate was just window-dressing that would provide the legal foundation of his removal from office.

What this guy said was that Nixon was removed from office because it was a very sensitive time in terms of U.S. foreign policy (Vietnam, the Arab/Israeli war of 1973, the height of the Cold War, rapid changes in China, etc.), and there was a serious concern among a lot of people in Washington that he was unfit to serve in the White House due to mental instability.

I'll never forget that comment because it was made during the height of the debate surrounding Clinton's impeachment.

They hated Nixon because he was Republican. You can say they hated him or feared him because he wasn't nice, charismatic, or charming; but they hated Reagan just as much and he was charming and affable. Now they hate President Bush and George W. is charming, gregarious, mentally sound.

No, all that is window dressing and smoke and mirrors. The left hates the right no matter what, and seeks to keep us out of power even if it costs the lives of American soldiers.

"What this guy said was that Nixon was removed from office because it was a very sensitive time in terms of U.S. foreign policy (Vietnam, the Arab/Israeli war of 1973, the height of the Cold War, rapid changes in China, etc.), and there was a serious concern among a lot of people in Washington that he was unfit to serve in the White House due to mental instability. "

Translation: IT WAS ALL ABOUT POWER.

who were these experts who knew Nixon needed to go? Paragaons of virtue like Hillary Clinton, Richard Ben Veniste, House lawyers looking btw for 'war crimes' items of impeachment, men like Robert Drinan, Frank Church, Ron Dellums, looking to destroy the CIA, military, etc. ...
Remember that once we got the Gramscian Leftist snakes in the house, its been downhill with our politics since. To them, the end do justify the means, and I am sorry Nixon gave them the bat to bash him.

Now, the other side of the coin is this: NIXON WAS TOO HONORABLE TO LET THE COUNTRY GO THROUGH HELL OF IMPEACHMENT. He wasnt even impeached, recall, something Clinton has as his legacy. Nixon resigned because fellow Conservative Republicans (lik Goldwater) had too much integrity to defend his disreputable acts, which means the writing was on the wall *unless Nixon put power above principle*.

As we know, Clinton chose the other path from Nixon. Nixon chose principle in resigning; Clinton chose power by using the 'spin cycle' to fight impeachment.