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Kennah

(14,578 posts) Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:13 PM Mar 2023

Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman on Ari saying we should have indicted Nixon

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Watergate Prosecutor Nick Akerman on Ari saying we should have indicted Nixon (Original Post) Kennah Mar 2023 OP

And all the other GOP presidents who broke the law. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #1

I've been saying that since 1974. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #2

So have I. Bad, bad precedent. Hekate Mar 2023 #5

Indeed. madamesilverspurs Mar 2023 #3

Ford set the precedent that the president is above the law. NYC Liberal Mar 2023 #4

Irish_Dem

(81,266 posts)

1. And all the other GOP presidents who broke the law.

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:16 PM

Mar 2023

This is the reason Trump felt confident with his crime spree.

Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)

2. I've been saying that since 1974.

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:20 PM

Mar 2023

Hekate

(100,133 posts)

5. So have I. Bad, bad precedent.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:32 PM

Mar 2023

madamesilverspurs

(16,511 posts)

3. Indeed.

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:20 PM

Mar 2023

And I had just been saying that very thing to the very young woman who comes by to run the vacuum for me. She looked a bit puzzled, I explained that I remember Watergate, and had Nixon been indicted none of the present mess would have happened.

And I can't help wondering if Gerald Ford's place in our history will gain a more honest footnote.

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NYC Liberal

(20,453 posts)

4. Ford set the precedent that the president is above the law.

Reply to Kennah (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 06:31 PM

Mar 2023

The pardon may have been slightly beneficial for the country in the very short-term (maybe), but it did irreparable damage in the long term. Presidents since then have acted with impunity knowing they would not face real consequences.

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