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45. The problem with "protecting the office"
Sat Mar 18, 2023, 03:00 PM
Mar 2023

is that in theory it is to protect the state. But when actually applied, it does just the opposite. By protecting a criminal office holder, it destroys the integrity of the office it is supposed to protect. One might call that a paradox.

Nixon not having been duly punished, prison term, is precisely why magas feel so emboldened SheltieLover Mar 2023 #1
Or basically do to them PatSeg Mar 2023 #67
Hindsight wryter2000 Mar 2023 #2
People were predicting this back then, too, so it's not at all hindsight. TheRickles Mar 2023 #27
I followed Watergate closely, even watched all the hearings wryter2000 Mar 2023 #51
My mom sent a telegram to Ford Cadfael Mar 2023 #53
I was too young, but ... Dave says Mar 2023 #60
And it didn't take long. moondust Mar 2023 #3
moondust....... Upthevibe Mar 2023 #23
No kidding. And worshipped all the while by the far wrong. calimary Mar 2023 #46
Ford's pardon of Nixon was cilla4progress Mar 2023 #4
Well that's pretty cool! In the great state of Vermont, eh? I was a college student KPN Mar 2023 #17
That's when I 1st learned of presidential pardons Fullduplexxx Mar 2023 #5
Eisenhower was the last honest Republican president. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #6
You know, I find myself saying this far too often Captain Zero Mar 2023 #15
Oh, I didn't know That! Phew! I do know his "beware the Military Industrial complex" quote late... electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #18
In hindsight, that was the last time we had a Republican president calimary Mar 2023 #47
Definitely respect. Maybe agree with some things? Must look up his record. It's been about 62 yrs! electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #49
Read the 1956 Republican platform central scrutinizer Mar 2023 #58
I agree MacKasey Mar 2023 #16
OMGWTF........... Upthevibe Mar 2023 #25
That's exactly what I have always thought Hekate Mar 2023 #7
Me, too MurrayDelph Mar 2023 #10
Yeah, I get that Obama was afraid to rock the boat much, being the first black president, Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #21
++++++++++++++++++ not fooled Mar 2023 #39
I think that is kind of a facile and shallow read stopdiggin Mar 2023 #8
+1 onenote Mar 2023 #44
Well said. A lot has happened in 50 years Raven123 Mar 2023 #56
Ford and countless others after him DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #61
Hmm. Perhaps in the same sense stopdiggin Mar 2023 #70
The list is endless..........NC DENVERPOPS Mar 2023 #71
Correct Cosmocat Mar 2023 #69
Be really nice to have a synopsis of the content for us musk-averse DUers. erronis Mar 2023 #9
Here ya go... Shipwack Mar 2023 #34
Excellent. Thank you. I could/should research this myself - just want to encourage OP to add context erronis Mar 2023 #37
Ford announced True Blue American Mar 2023 #62
By gawd you're right! Ligyron Mar 2023 #63
So very Rebl2 Mar 2023 #11
And at least some of us knew that PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #12
I was a bit out of college. I was angry that he was pardoned but wasn't learned enough to consider.. electric_blue68 Mar 2023 #50
My husband makes that point all the time. n/t momta Mar 2023 #13
That may hold some truth, Callalily Mar 2023 #14
Yeah, in his case especially. Nevertheless, it was and is emblematic of the failures of KPN Mar 2023 #20
Very true, but in 1974, the idea of President Donald Trump was anathema Kennah Mar 2023 #19
Bleacher Creature.......... Upthevibe Mar 2023 #22
Dick "Shotgun" Cheney did more to expand the power Cheezoholic Mar 2023 #24
The problem with "protecting the office" soldierant Mar 2023 #45
If Ford hadn't agreed to the pardon, then Nixon wouldn't have resigned FakeNoose Mar 2023 #26
Wasn't he the who pushed the idea of a unitary president? dhol82 Mar 2023 #28
I don't remember that, but it may be true FakeNoose Mar 2023 #31
Ford really thought he was saving us from that True Blue American Mar 2023 #64
Been saying that since he did it UpInArms Mar 2023 #29
This is 100% true. evolves Mar 2023 #30
2019 article by Professors Kevin Kruse & Julian Zelizer on this. irisblue Mar 2023 #32
Not punishing Nixon, temporary311 Mar 2023 #33
In this case, I disagree Poiuyt Mar 2023 #35
This wouldn't apply to Trump JI7 Mar 2023 #36
Let me fix that for you Michael.....later REPUBLICANS Ferrets are Cool Mar 2023 #38
Great point! True Blue American Mar 2023 #65
I was 14 I think LittleGirl Mar 2023 #40
Absolutely Historic NY Mar 2023 #41
A lot of us felt that way then, too relayerbob Mar 2023 #42
Well, no shit. jaxexpat Mar 2023 #43
Exactly! chowmama Mar 2023 #48
We had a nice lunch with an old friend of ours, an attorney, and I made exactly that point. n/t. NNadir Mar 2023 #52
The Ford Pardon helped elect Jimmy Carter LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #54
said that the night Ford pardoned him and rurallib Mar 2023 #55
Enough people were pissed off at Ford that he wasn't elected. BigmanPigman Mar 2023 #57
In my elementary school, teachers taught that in America "no one is above the law." tclambert Mar 2023 #59
Ford lost DownriverDem Mar 2023 #66
I've said this very thing on DU cab67 Mar 2023 #68
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