[Slump Tester]

"The confidential documents revealed how Hughes had funneled to the Nixon family $205,000 (worth about $1.6 million today) using various intermediaries, including one of Nixon's brothers, to disguise the transaction."

The shame and humiliation of being exposed for this gave Nixon the hard-on for Humphrey that caused Watergate. Humphrey had his hand in Howard Hugh's pocket, and Nixon wanted documents to prove it.

Of course Howard Hughes was rich enough he just paid BOTH candidates off. (Either way he owned the winner.)

Anyone else remember the Hughes warehouse burglary? The stuff stolen was so damaging to the Rats AND the Republicans, that everything was swept under the rug. The crime went away, and we never heard anything else about it.

[Mack the knife]

The shame and humiliation of being exposed for this gave Nixon the hard-on for Humphrey that caused Watergate.

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A different point of view on the origins of Watergate is presented in “Silent Coup” — a version with which G. Gordon Liddy agrees (and HE was there).