Nixon was guilty of tampering with the electorate*? Do you know what the vote count was that year, 1972?
"Political espionage?" Political espionage as the reason for the Watergate break-in? What the hell for?
All polls at the time of the break-in indicated the election was over. So why did they do it? Nixon won 49 states in 1972 -- 521 electoral college votes to McGovern's 17.
Some say that getting the goods on the DNC's ILLEGAL use of prostitutes for well-heeled D.C. visitors was more likely the reason for the break-in. I don't know.
Whose phone at the Watergate was tapped? If you know and have a source please provide it, it will save me the trouble of searching. TIA.
RE: "plotting to thwart the FBI investigation"
Yes, as I recall he did try to tell the FBI that the break-in was a CIA operation.
And yes, Republican stalwarts like Sen. Goldwater told President Nixon that it was hopeless, time to give it up. He'd be impeached.
*tampering with the electorate -- as in the Kennedy/LBJ people tampering with the 1960 election (Chicago and Texas)? See
www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A36425-2000Nov16?language=printer
What do you think of my tag line? Just curious.
Personally, I like the Mo Dean's a whore theory to explain the break-in. It might not be true, but like liberals say, it ought to be.