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7. The beginning of the end of the rule of law in this country

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 09:55 AM

Aug 2013

was when Ford pardoned Nixon for crimes he hadn't been charged with or convicted of.

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39 years ago today - Richard Nixon announces resignation - August 8, 1974 [View all] Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 OP

I was 19 then, and... MarianJack Aug 2013 #1

The beginning of the end of the rule of law in this country truebluegreen Aug 2013 #7

That pardon... MarianJack Aug 2013 #9

Yep. truebluegreen Aug 2013 #12

While Nixon was president, mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2013 #2

I was working at UPS that summer. Johnny Noshoes Aug 2013 #4

Now that was a great day, I remember it well. Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #5

It was a thing of beauty. I remember it well livetohike Aug 2013 #6

Nixon, Raegan and George W Moron,... MarianJack Aug 2013 #10

Me neither.....it was all horrible for those of us who lived through it livetohike Aug 2013 #15

And ushered in the last era of progressive reform, 1974 - 1980. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #8

Bump DreamSmoker Aug 2013 #13

His "genius"' was in making the listener feel sorry for him zebonaut Aug 2013 #14