the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develops weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. within hours of the arrests at the waterg
Pictures. Afraid he will catch me picking my nose. Cant believe that guy was president of the United States. Because he is branded as a crook. Its important to remember the wrong approach that Executive Power that led nixon to those crimes. You want a level, dont you . Good evening. This is the 37th time i have spoken to from you this office. So many decisions have been made that shape the history of our nation. Need more . There was good in him. He had been a good vicepresident. But he was fatally flawed and a fatally flawed president. Nixon, he had been a hero to millions of americans. Here is a guy who received more votes than anybody else in the history of this country. The Richard Nixon they supported through the years was not the Richard Nixon that they thought
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Frank became a security guard at the spiffy Watergate Office Building near the Potomac River. It was a hot location in the early 1970s; so choice the Democratic National Committee had its headquarters on the sixth floor.