President Nixon recalls the day the 'Smoking Gun' tape was released

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President Nixon recalls the day the 'Smoking Gun' tape was released

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Watch a video recently released by the Nixon Library of Nixon's recollection of the day the tape was released.

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@nyworker Жыл бұрын

Nixon was a great scholar of modern American history. From his time as a congressman in the late 1940's until his resignation in 1974 no politician lived and better served that period, with his pulse on the mainstream American people. Not an easy period in American history to which we can easily understand. Even the best scholars are in a state of bafflement over the domestic and foreign policies that took place in that 30 year period.

@fshoaps 3 ай бұрын

Smartest President we ever had.

@BK-uf6qr 3 жыл бұрын

He seems relieved. Politics is a nasty business. He got caught, but he surely is not alone in deed by other presidents and there campaigns. I find it funny how some naively righteous people get animated reflecting on the Nixon scandal. If we only knew about those who haven’t been caught.

@argo5690 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, the old "everybody does it defense." If the "everybody does it defense" was a legitimate reason not to punish when one is proven to have committed a crime or crimeS, few people would ever get punished for ANYTHING! I find it funny that some use the woman at the well story from the Bible with Christ saying "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" putting a stop to the stoning as an example when someone is caught in wrong doing.. They don't seem to understand that there is a vast different in removing someone from political office and LITERALLY STOING SOMEONE TO DEATH!

@connordeyoung6108 Жыл бұрын

He's still a huge piece of garbage

@RealJugLY Жыл бұрын

He was set up the coup’ed him.. we all know who they is too let’s all be real with reality

@charleschin6497 7 ай бұрын

nixon is an intelligent person. the issue here is that reelection committee of his caused the problem and he had to covered it up. The functionality of the reelection committee really does raised eyebrow, is called playing dirty

@an885405 2 жыл бұрын

A grubby little crook for sure, but pales into insignificance compared to GWB and Trump

@superior6385 2 жыл бұрын

And Biden.

@cooper863 2 жыл бұрын

Like Biden (The Big Guy) is an angel, right?

@Sorry-sk4kt 2 жыл бұрын

I think you also forgot about Clinton and Biden. Every modern president has been a crook.

@nathanhosea489 2 жыл бұрын

Obama and Biden aren't angels either my friend.

@howardsternssmicrophone9332 3 ай бұрын

Joe Biden is most likely the most corrupt politician to ever hold office. It seems you left his name out. TDS much?

@dennisoleary2838 3 ай бұрын

What I liked about Richard Nixon was always kept you laughing 😅

@Mike-so2qx 2 жыл бұрын

What a professional, an intelligent well spoken man who loves his wife and his country. What If everyone in America just went back to that.

@kennedy3682 2 жыл бұрын

loved his country so much that he lied and hid his corruption from the public whilst continuously abusing his power until the very end, definitely wanna go back to that america!

@Mike-so2qx 2 жыл бұрын

@@kennedy3682 to put it like that well...bidens already doing that. I meant that even after his crimes he still conducted himself in a proffesional manner with respect and dignity. That is what the world needs again some decency!

@kennedy3682 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-so2qx why are you deflecting onto biden and what made you think that I don't think biden is corrupt? nothing professional or dignified about him resigning before he could face the repercussions of his actions. mind you he tried to stop the release of the tapes, lied to his country just to double down on it, and (tried to) censor documents exposing his war crimes from the press. the world doesn't need nixon and he did us a favor by resigning, it's just too bad that he didn't face prison.

@oSmokeyy Жыл бұрын

@@kennedy3682 he did this and then personally resigned when it came out that it was him. when he very well could've stayed in office. and i PROMISE you, this was not the first time a president has done something like this, and absolutely was not the last (considering who our current president is.)

@kennedy3682 Жыл бұрын

@@oSmokeyy if the information wasn't leaked, he would've never said a thing. he was an embarrassment to this country and a coward who instead of facing consequences, ran away. just cause it wasn't the first time doesn't make it any less terrible, stop defending an already dead man 💀

@jeremyseals2997 3 жыл бұрын

President Nixon is ,was and always will be known as a Great ,Great President

@Mick89. 2 жыл бұрын

He at least strived to be "great".

@ruthless1542 Жыл бұрын

Nixon will always be stained by being forced from office. Not a great POTUS, but at least he was one who wouldn't try to attempt an insurrection to stay in office.

@marksacher3866 Жыл бұрын

While his wounds were self-inflicted, it certainly must have been very difficult to get through all of this. He, at least, had the character to do the right thing in the end which is far more than what I can say about Trump.

@strategery101 Жыл бұрын

Biden is the worst

@pieceofwheat 11 ай бұрын

It wasn’t character. Nixon had no choice but to resign when his support collapsed among the public and Congress; had he refused to step down, impeachment was imminent. Unfortunately for Nixon, his presidency came too early for him to benefit from the support of hyper-partisan conservative media that could’ve kept Republicans loyal to him.

@fshoaps 3 ай бұрын

@@pieceofwheat There was an a conservative movement before the 1990s yknow… The Birchers did exist, and it’s not some accident that Barry got the nomination.

@SamSam-sp5nb Жыл бұрын

Now we got obongo lazy joe

@12345682900 Ай бұрын

"...lazy Joe?" You do realize that Trump-the rapist felon insurrectionist, has been deemed the worst President in U.S. history, right?

@danocable 3 жыл бұрын

I would rather have Nixon then trump.

@marcchevalier3750 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong would have fdr instead of them

@noot9360 2 жыл бұрын

His foreign policy skills would be useful now

@alexanderzerka8477 2 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what you got-Nixon first, then Trump second.

@Dalton906J 2 жыл бұрын

I'd rather have Buchanan then Treump.

@constitutionprotector3130 Жыл бұрын

And we would rather have Trump than you. How soon can you move to North Korea?

@tommiatkins3443 Жыл бұрын

You have to respect him . He was a republican president and he was caught in crimes. He waited a little while till he realised he was done, then for his love for the nation over himself he left. There's no chance of that happening again. He was the finest of the Republicans. Evil and yet had character of a sort.

@danocable 3 жыл бұрын

My only comment is I would rather have Nixon as president then trump.

@constitutionprotector3130 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure you are thrilled with Joe Booben, Comrade.

@pieceofwheat 11 ай бұрын

They’re both corrupt and amoral but Nixon was at least competent and did some good things in office.

@privilegedchromosome 9 ай бұрын

SOY alert