This Day In History: Nixon Resigns

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[KingOfVagabonds]

On this day in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign.

In a televised address, Nixon, flanked by his family, announced to the American public that he would step down rather than endure a Senate impeachment trial for obstruction of justice. Since 1972, Nixon had battled increasing vociferous allegations that he knew of, and may have authorized, a botched burglary in which several men were arrested for attempting to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee...

[jaydubya2]

You’d be surprized on how many individuals I’ve spoke with who believe Nixon was impeached and Clinton wasn’t.

[dfwgator]

Nixon just got caught, and had a Democratic Party that was looking for any little thing to get rid of him.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Yet an impeached rapist (and probably worse) rakes in millions, lives like a king, gets a government pension, receives SS protection and will be keynote speaker for the dims.

For all his faults, Nixon was not even in the same league as Bubba Klinton.

[napscoordinator]

Worst Republican President in history. However he will have some competition starting next year.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The applicable law of double standards was applied to the whole incident. It was a case of your typical political high jinks or dirty tricks as they call it. As far as I was concerned it was much ado about nothing. But it did give us the famous quote; “I have everything under control”.

[dfwgator]

Nixon was a marked man because of his role in HUAC.

[US Navy Vet]

The ENTIRE US House, US Senate and the US Supreme Court circa 1972 through 1975 DESERVES a SPECIAL Place in HELL!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

He could have easily survived the fiasco by asking for the resignations of his top aides and the others who knew about the break in.

[Buckeye McFrog]

And thus the mainstream media coup to seize control of the American Government achieved success.

[Dixie Yooper]

Nixon's crime was directing the cover-up, not the break-in at the Watergate. The same kind of stuff Obama gets praised for daily by the media.

[Uncle Slayton]

Nixon established the EPA

Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard

Nixon imposed Wage and Price Controls

Nixon was a Socialist and not even Obama can claim to be a bigger Socialist than Nixon.

[KingOfVagabonds]

Nixon established the EPA
Nixon took the US off the Gold Standard

Nixon imposed Wage and Price Controls

Nixon was a Socialist and not even Obama can claim to be a bigger Socialist than Nixon.

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It’s hard to decide which has been more disastrous, the creation of the EPA or the loss of the gold standard. I knew Nixon pushed for the EPA, but I wasn’t aware he had his hands on the gold standard.