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Irish_Dem

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9. Beschloss on Rachel's show said Nixon may have threatened Ford.

Reply to Beautiful Disaster (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 10:22 PM

Mar 2023

To the point Ford was afraid what might happen if he did not do what Nixon wanted.

Sounds familiar doesn't it.

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This is all Gerald Ford's fault. [View all] Beautiful Disaster Mar 2023 OP

OK, I'll bite. How so? captain queeg Mar 2023 #1

He pardoned Richard Nixon. LoisB Mar 2023 #4

If Richard Nixon went to jail Trump would never had run for President grantcart Mar 2023 #7

I don't buy that. TwilightZone Mar 2023 #8

Nixon had a plan H2O Man Mar 2023 #12

If he thought that that would work Mad_Machine76 Mar 2023 #25

The votes were there to impeach and remove him Polybius Mar 2023 #26

Right. H2O Man Mar 2023 #30

As noted below, H2O Man Mar 2023 #32

Trump ran for President for two reasons grantcart Mar 2023 #15

I think he had assurances through Manafort and Bannon Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2023 #23

I disagree that he expected to lose ExWhoDoesntCare Mar 2023 #35

Trump and Nixon were in frequent communication with each other after Nixon left office. Nixon 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 #22

I think the overarching point is that it would have established precedent for accountability. BannonsLiver Mar 2023 #41

Every Repuke POTUS since Ford did that has been brazenly corrupt and lawless. RockRaven Mar 2023 #2

And conservative talk radio coves up their crimes with 24 hour a day lies. Initech Mar 2023 #14

I can't stand the guy, what what did Bush Sr. do as President that was brazenly corrupt and lawless? Polybius Mar 2023 #27

GHW Bush was a participant in Iran-Contra, and pardoned 6 co-conspirators including RockRaven Mar 2023 #31

He set the precedent by pardoning Nixon. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #3

nixon committed treason by interfering evolves Mar 2023 #17

Be that as it may, my point was that these two cases are not the same. gldstwmn Mar 2023 #37

Agreed, if Ford had done the right thing Bettie Mar 2023 #5

Historians Kruse & Zelizer agree irisblue Mar 2023 #6

I watched every minute of the Watergate hearings I could. Scottie Mom Mar 2023 #10

Beschloss on Rachel's show said Nixon may have threatened Ford. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #9

Boy does it, now. That was a point that hadn't occurred to me at the time. crickets Mar 2023 #13

I had not thought about that angle either, Nixon threatening Ford. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #16

I heard that and I wonder what Nixon had on Ford? gldstwmn Mar 2023 #38

They were friends for decades. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #40

It's a number of people's fault, Ford prominent among them... JHB Mar 2023 #11

I think it's Trump's fault. Kaleva Mar 2023 #18

In Trump's case, I don't think it would have mattered if Ford had not pardoned Nixon Poiuyt Mar 2023 #19

I agree. SharonClark Mar 2023 #20

Agree. He is probably in his glory today as everyone is focused on him again, which is what his gldstwmn Mar 2023 #39

Eric Holder didn't help much, either. 3Hotdogs Mar 2023 #21

If one is going to go down this road, so was Obama, maybe even more so. Shipwack Mar 2023 #24

Not all. moondust Mar 2023 #28

No JI7 Mar 2023 #29

Yes Beautiful Disaster Mar 2023 #33

No JI7 Mar 2023 #34

Si Beautiful Disaster Mar 2023 #36