Presidential lies
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, August 29, 2025 15:06
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Nixon was never impeached, and he never plead guilty to anything.
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A pre-emptive pardon?
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You guys made me read too much!!!
Nixon resigned rather than face impeachment proceedings. Ford pardoned him from prosecution for any illegal activities HE MAY HAVE PERFORMED OR BEEN PARTY TO.
Bottom line: no he was not impeached.
No crow for me!
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
A pre-emptive pardon?
Yes. It wasn't good enough for the Democrats that Nixon resigned in disgrace. They felt cheated and that justice had not been served. And so did much of the country. As a private citizen he could have been charged by the Justice Dept. for crimes he committed as President, and he also could have been sued by those that did plead guilty and went to prison. Ford wanted to put it all behind the country and move on. He was harshly criticized for doing it, and it was the main reason he was not re-elected in 1976. All in all, it may have better if Nixon had not resigned; if he had stayed in Washington and gotten impeached and then tried. It was cowardly to resign. I guess he just gave in to Republican pressure to make it all go away as fast as possible. That strategy worked, because in just 4 years a Republican was back in the White House, and the Reagan/Bush run lasted 12 years.
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Thanks, Jongs!
I don't understand the part about bein' pardoned for crimes not yet held against him.
And I'm not willing to dig for it.
But if I do think back, that Prom was a very long dance. A lotta people doin' a lot
of steps, most of them behind the curtain.
"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
~Mark Twain
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