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38. IMO, Ford put party over country.

Reply to summer_in_TX (Reply #29)

Tue Jun 15, 2021, 09:49 AM

Jun 2021

The prosecution of Nixon was never begun, let alone prolonged.

It would have been good for the country if Nixon and others who abused their powers had been held accountable in court.

But it would have shown more than one Republican in a very bad light. And we couldn’t have that, could we?

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