My take on JFK Conspiracy Theories and Theorists.

[nyquil_man]

74. Interesting that you'd mention Nixon.

Watergate is a very good example of precisely how inept the government is when it comes to cover-ups.

The Plumbers had ties to the CIA, one of the groups so often accused of involvement in the assassination. Yet they were so incompetent that they were busted by a night watchman who spotted a piece of tape over a door latch. Their attempts at discrediting Daniel Ellsberg (he of the Pentagon Papers, another example of how for-shit the government's attempts at cover-ups can be) were amateurish.

People went to prison for Watergate and the other crimes related to it, including the former Attorney General and the oh-so-brilliant CIA spook Howard Hunt. What was on that tape? Probably the stuff which would have shown that Nixon was ordering a cover-up. Erasing those 18 and a half minutes was an extremely stupid and transparent attempt at covering up the cover-up.

As for Gerald Ford, yes, Nixon nominated him for VP. He did so only after it was made clear that his original choice, John Connally, would never be confirmed. And, yes, Ford pardoned Nixon. It sent his approval rating into the crapper and destroyed any chance he had of being elected President in his own right.