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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:46 AM Original message |
Didn't Ford pardon Nixon before he was convicted? |
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CanOfWhoopAss (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. He will on the eve of his term's end. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I think that is probable |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nixon was never convicted of anything |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Nixon wasn't even charged, was he? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Correct |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Bob Schieffer in his autobiography |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think Ford did the wrong thing |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I am quite undecided on this |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And he should have answered for that lie (Tonkin Gulf) |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I don't call you odd I call you consistent, and that is what is missing |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm not saying Johnson didn't escalate and basically launch the war |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I tend to disagree with Schieffer on this point as well |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. We could have saved a lot of grief had Nixon been impeached |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Hell, Clinton pardoned Mark Rich |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. There are so many different sides to that Mark Rich story |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. thanks,thats what I was trying to say |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You're welcome. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nixon never even went to trial |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. NIxon was not even indicted for anything. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I like your quote. nt |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nixon was unindicted, which was part of the deal |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. on your point |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh, yeah |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My seniments were definitely with you during that time |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. Technically, he probably could but.. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. you do it before you leave office, under the table |
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FloridaPat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. I thought Ford did the right thing. The country would have spent years |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Important differences |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
25. Bush Daddy pardoned Iran/Contra figures without any indictments |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. The text of the Nixon pardon. |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 11:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That Ford, he was something |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. At the point that it will be in * favor he will. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Some oral history |
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