True, but that “sociopath” might end up in a Georgia state penitentiary.SCLaxAttack wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:07 pmIt might stop a more garden variety ne’er-do-well, but Trump’s a sociopath. He’s always operated under the guise that he’ll never get caught best case, or have attorneys slow roll things until you tire and go away.DocBarrister wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:40 pmCongressional Republicans stuck with Nixon almost to the end, but hearing Nixon order obstruction on tape went one step too far. Seems almost quaint today.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:40 amI think we could debate the latter point's "rightfully" but it indeed worked against him.Kismet wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:14 amNixon taped himself committing the crimes that got him - no help needed from the Deep State.get it to x wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:09 am I voted for Carter because like many 19 year old men I was more liberal than I am now. Looking back on it I would still have voted for Carter. Ford got in when Nixon and Agnew were basically ousted by the intelligence community in a soft coup. Yes, Nixon was flawed and paranoid, and that was his undoing. In reality, it was Mark Felt's revenge for being passed over for FBI Director in favor of L. Patrick Gray. Ford had strong ties to the intel community as a congressman.
Gerald Ford rightfully got shown the door for pardoning him.
I think there was also a general rejection of the corruption that more and more people realized had been long festering in the Nixon White House...and Carter wasn't a McGovern.
I think it's important to remember, albeit wistfully, that the GOP leadership actually pushed Nixon to resign and go without further turmoil and divisiveness; in that context, the pardon was intended for the country to move on from that era, peacefully.
And yes, the tapes were the final straw of embarrassment, proving the corruption beyond a doubt.
I'm cool with that...also cool with voters needing to give the other party a chance at the White House.
Ford’s pardon of Nixon was defended by more than a few historians for decades. But then Trump came along and changed the perspective. Now many believe that Nixon serving time in prison might have prevented (or at least discouraged) much of the worst violations of law committed by Trump and his cronies.
DocBarrister
I’m hopin’ they still have the chain gangs down there for 45.
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