I was -16 days. :D

I was...

I wasn't...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t8hpEKb4gk

^^^

:haha: I like Nixon's head. He's such a charmer.

http://i.imgur.com/oMpORu7.jpg?2

I was 23 years old at the time. I was in a bar at the now gone Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, known as the site of the Robert Kennedy assasination. I had stoped by one of the shops in the hotel and went to the bar to watch the resignation speech. I remember one ironic note about the broadcast. It was a pool presentation, meaning the same feed went out to all of the TV networks and stations. Nixon finished his speech; the camera shot cut to an external view of the White House. The mikes were still open and there, in the background, was the sound of a D.C. police siren going by...


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I was a month short of my 28th B'day and was probably stoned and missed it.

:k_rofl::Kaleun_Cheers:

I was stoned.:up: No probably to it.:haha:

At least I wasn't drunk.

At the time, I was thinking...

Are they going to charge this crook for his transportation out of DC?

Those Marine helicopters burn a lot of fuel!

I was 24 at that time and living in Toronto Ont. I was probably stoned but had a considerable interest in American politics. I blame Rolling Stone magazine. :O: At that time my girlfriend, now wife, and I were renting a basement apt. from a couple who were from Minnesota. I think they were a little embarrassed by the whole affair. I was wondering how people like this could get into power?

I'm not anywhere near that naive anymore.:D

He took the only option available to him at the time. If he resigned, he and Pat would still get his gubbermint pension of 180 grand a year for life. If he had been impeached that money would go bye bye.

They didn't call him Tricky Dicky for laughs. :haha:

Money is usually the main consideration.

Colbert had John Dean and Pat Buchanan on his show recently. Both have written books about their adventures during that whole fiasco. Dean broke rank in a CYOA movement but, still spent some time in a federal hoosegow for his part in it. :haha: Both of them stated that Nixon didn't want to besmirch the office by allowing an impeachment trial to go forward.
When Ford issued Nixon's unconditional pardon... well Tricky Dicky won again.:-?

i just don't understand why Ford would kiss Nixons' butt.

Which does bring up an interesting legal question.

Under Burdick v. United States (1915) "A pardon carries an "imputation of guilt", and accepting a pardon is "an admission of guilt"."

Why would Nixon, after accepting the Pardon, still be eligible for the pension and other compensation?

Well because the Former Presidents Act of 1958 (3 U.S.C. § 102) states that the benefits can only be withheld if the President is both Impeached and Convicted according to Article 2 section 4 of the Constitution

So Nixon could accept the Pardon, thereby admitting guilt, and still get the bucks. :shifty:

It is good to be a president. :-?

Precedent. Who knows what he was going to get into. :haha:

Because Nixon handed him the oval office on a gold platter.:-?