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“What the hell did Nixon do that JFK and LBJ did not do?”

IIRC, the plumbers really got going in their attempts to stop the “Pentagon Papers” from getting released. These papers were official documents from the LBJ era that showed the various problems with the Vietnam War. So Nixon was trying to protect National Security.

And I think the Watergate Coverup was in part covering up JFK’s Pay of Pigs fiasco. I think 2-3 of the operatives were Cuban, and had been involved with the Bay of Pigs. On the tapes, right before the 7.5 minute gap in the tapes IIRC, Nixon said something about “...the whole Cuban thing.”

Off topic I guess, but even Nixon was covering for JFK and LBJ I think when it came to National Security measures. But all the press cares about is building up or tearing down the president, depending on which side he is on.

Yes, the coverup was not to protect himself. Nixon had other reasons including simply protecting his staff -- who some like G Gordon Liddy say the break-in was a personal matter for one of the key staff members at the White House.

(IIRC Nixon was leading McGovern by 99.9 points.. he had everyone except the MSM employees. If Nixon had ordered the break-in it would have been to leave a personal "Thank You" note.)

I remember that the ultra liberal, progressive MSM employees even hated Nixon so much that they even went after one of their own for helping Nixon..

IIRC Soviet and Red China comrade Armand Hammer (who owned Al Gore Sr) was successfully prosecuted only once in his life dating back to Russian Revolution days of 1917.. he got nailed for giving money to Nixon's White House to give to the Watergate defenders to help them through it all.