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BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 10:08 PM Jul 2018

If Watergate occurred now, would Nixon have resigned?

I doubt it for two reasons.
1. Fux Ruse Propaganda Network
2. The GOP in 1973 was not as corrupt and compromised

Nixon would have served out his term if he were president now, and his crimes were not nearly as serious.
Now what the Hell do we do?

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If Watergate occurred now, would Nixon have resigned? (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2018 OP
Yes, once the Republicans turned on him oberliner Jul 2018 #1
For all his many faults, Nixon still had a conscience & lingering respect for the consitution hlthe2b Jul 2018 #2
probably unless he turned into white nationalist AlexSFCA Jul 2018 #3

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
2. For all his many faults, Nixon still had a conscience & lingering respect for the consitution
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 10:12 PM
Jul 2018

that said, the intensity of "cover" provided by RW media might just convince him otherwise and today's R's no longer have the decency to force the issue, even when the "gig is up"

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