During Nixon’s presidency, he was involved in stealing items from the other political party to get an advantage. This incident was known as the Watergate scandal. Nixon formed this to happen because he was worried he wouldn’t be re-elected. He had to do something, because of his involvement with the Vietnam war, the U.S was divided amongst the people. Many people were against the war, therefore against Nixon as president.
Nixon had burglars go into the Democratic National committee (DNC) to steal Republican documents and wiretap phones. Nixon took cautions to try to cover up the Watergate espionage, to keep the FBI from investigating by raising “Hush Money” for the burglars. It didn’t stop the FBI. In August 1974, after his role in the Watergate conspiracy had finally come to light, the president resigned. His successor, Gerald Ford, immediately pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he “committed or may have committed” while in office.
Although Nixon was never prosecuted, the Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leadership and think more critically about U.S. presidency.
Insane • Feb 11, 2015 at 9:03 am
What Nixon did to the American people just made him look like a fool because of the Watergate scandel and had no way out, so he had to resign.
lex • Feb 6, 2015 at 12:47 pm
Nixon knew his only way out was to resign.Former president Nixon dug himself a big hole but President Gerald Ford helped him out when he was immediately pardoned.
Jacob Duncan • Feb 6, 2015 at 8:54 am
I agree with the fact that Nixon scammed his way into being president. While some thought he was good and in many ways he was. I believe Nixon was a crook seeking power and I don’t like the fact he resigned from presidency before he could be impeached. He was caught but he bailed out before he could face the consequences. In my opinion, he was a coward.
dr95mike • Feb 6, 2015 at 8:43 am
Nixon did screw up big time by making himself look bad. All he did was make his self look very desperate to have power again. Everybody knows that nobody likes a desperate person. He did the right thing by resigning or else everybody would continue to think that he is a theft.
EMV • Feb 5, 2015 at 1:48 pm
In his case Nixon didn’t really have a choice because they were going to remove him from office but by resigning he tried to save his name. What’s funny to me is when he was leaving the white house, right before he got on the helicopter he put up victory signs with his hands like in some sort of way he had won.
SEb_dELGADO • Feb 4, 2015 at 11:59 am
Nixon made the right mature decision to resign because that was highly disrespectful not only to the government but also to the people, as a President he should have been more wise but he took the most unprofessional manner to win the election