Nixon didn’t okay the Watergate break in but his covering up for the people that planned it, and his stonewalling did him in. He should have faced down the congress and said...go ahead impeach me and see where it gets you! Nixon was not accused of planning the break in at Watergate, he was implicated in trying to cover for those who planned it(which is a crime).
He should not have covered up for the burglars and their handlers and took a little heat for awhile. He was in his second term after all and would have had time to have recovered politically and ended his political life at the end of the Bicentennial year in heroic fashion.
We could have avoided 4 years of Mr. Peanut’s recession by electing another Republican in 1976. The distractions made the energy crisis worse and he was playing with a weakened hand in trying to deal with the Soviets and the Chinese.
No Islamic Republic of Iran if a Republican had won in ‘76, no ayatollahs, the Shah remains in power.
But maybe no Reagan either and with no Cold War II the Soviet Union survives.
<>He should not have covered up for the burglars and their handlers and took a little heat for awhile.<>
Yeah, that was a mistake.
OTOH, the establishment that called for Nixon’s head over a burglary he had nothing do with, will defend the ring-leaders of a coup, Obama and Hillary.
PDJT and Wm Barr have the fortitude to turn the tables and prosecute the real criminals, Hillary and Bammy.
One thing that should be pointed out (you are mostly correct in your assessment)...that by the 2nd year of the Nixon administration...he was sauced-up and not really in control of himself from lunchtime of each day. Various people have talked about this alcohol problem (non-existent prior to the election), and important meetings needed to be scheduled in the early morning hours to get his best judgement.
I think if he’d stayed clear-headed and realized what these guys were up to....he would have fired them on the spot and cleaned up the mess himself.