History Channel: In an evening televised address, President Richard M. Nixon announces his intention to become the first president in American history to resign. With impeachment proceedings underway against him for his involvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to leave the White House. “By taking this action,” he said in a solemn address from the Oval Office, “I hope that I will have hastened the start of the process of healing which is so desperately needed in America.”
Just before noon the next day, Nixon officially ended his term as the 37th president of the United States. Before departing with his family in a helicopter from the White House lawn, he smiled farewell and enigmatically raised his arms in a victory or peace salute. The helicopter door was then closed, and the Nixon family began their journey home to San Clemente, California. Minutes later, Vice President Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States in the East Room of the White House. After taking the oath of office, President Ford spoke to the nation in a television address, declaring, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” He later pardoned Nixon for any crimes he may have committed while in office, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions created by the Watergate scandal. MORE
Tricky Dick was a piker compared to the scum today.
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
Now democRATs are just breaking into homes, offices, grabbing people, computers and files, lying, cheating, hacking and eavesdropping their opponent’s willy-nilly without a care in the world while stating that what TRUMP has supposedly done is far worse than Watergate!
Gimme a fcuking break!!!
His actual date to leave was Aug 9th. That’s when Ford was officially sworn in. Also my wife’s 21st Bday.
Happy 65th Birthday Mrs. F4U!
I was not then and never will be a Nixon “fan” but I admire and respect the decency he showed us when he chose to resign rather than put everybody through a presidential impeachment.
Hmmmmm….The narrative seems oddly familiar, if not the media behavior………
And the emboldened leftist media has only gotten more conniving and savage against conservatives (yeah I know Nixon was no conservative) since then.
Maybe he should have fought, because appeasement only emboldens your enemy.
Always has. Always will.
My only hope is that Nixon will be seen as a Capone, but the Clinton’s, Obama’s, et. al. will be viewed in history as the American Pol Pots and Stalins. They tried to destroy America.
@ F4U,
It was my bride’s birth date as well……
I voted for Nixon and was sorry to see him go. Remember, boys and girls, that Watergate and the erasure of 16 minutes of tape did not alone cause Nixon to resign.When Nixon became President he passed over
Deputy FBI Direct Felt for Director. Felt became “deep throat” (Admitted in his waning years) and started leaking information the “crack” reporters, Woodward and Bernstein, which eventually brought President Nixon down.
As far as I’m concerned, the same shit is happening today with Mueller, McCabe, Comey, Brennan, and on and on.They hate Trump more than they hated Nixon. These mid-term elections will tell if the Republic can be saved. Vote Republican early and often. MAGA!
Say what you will about RMN…he was still an American first.
I still don’t forgive him the whole gold standard, wage and price controls, or 68 degrees stuff though; what saves him is that Eugene “The Magical Jeep” McCarthy would have been an order of magnitude worse.
RIP, Mr. President.
I voted for him by absentee ballot (active duty Air Force officer) in 1968 (first time I was eligible to vote in a national election because of the age 21 requirement) and in 1972.
I was stationed at Andrews AFB when things really started to break down. Vice President Agnew retired, Ford appointed as VP, and the resignation.
During the time at Andrews, I was working on my masters degree from USC at the Pentagon. I would listen to dramatic readings of the Whitehouse tapes on myway to classes. I was caught up in a reduction in force and left active duty that summer, but stayed in the area long enough to finish the degree.
My dad came up from Florida and arrived by bus the morning of August 9. I was driving him around downtown DC while the appointed Vice President was being sworn in as President.
Interesting time to be in DC.
6 big gooberment letters come to mind…..EPA & DEA.
Nuff said?
He was a know it all progressive.
I have no regrets about voting for him in 1968 and ’72. LBJ knew he was toast and was wise enough to not run.