August 9, 1974. The day Nixon resigned, the day I prayed for

[madokie]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/links/nixon_speech.html

From the discussions I have had with Congressional and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the Nation would require.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interest of America first. America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office

[panader0]

1. I disliked that man so much, his bombing of Hanoi on Xmas day

and every thing else. I didn't think I would ever see a president that bad again. Then we got bush. It would be a toss-up, certainly Nixon probably caused more deaths, but bush has caused more real damage in the world.

[HockeyMom]

2. Bush is more of a threat to the USA,

our democracy, the Constitution, etc., than Nixon ever was.

In a nutshell, we are becoming what we were supposed to be fighting against.

[madokie]

3. nixon couldn't hold a light to shrub

he actually had a sense of right from wrong, where as * doesn't

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. Nixon had a sense of right and wrong?

I don't think so.
He was constrained by the times, and a hostile Congress and press.

[Codeblue]

13. I think he did have a sense of Right and Wrong

There are plenty of people whose greed or thirst for power get the beter of them. I think he had that sense and thought he could get away with something he knew was wrong to benefit himself.

When it was found out, he quit. I'm not condoning his actions as president at all, but I still think he had a sense that Watergate was wrong, a sense Bush does not have.

[Alexodin]

5. I despised Nixon but then Reagan came along and I did not

think it could get worse than Reagan. I was shocked and appalled when Reagan was nominated. But Bush has exceeded my ability to be shocked and appalled.

Condoning torture?

Really what else does anyone need to know about the man?

Bush is a new low mark in American politics and it may take a hundred years to scrub the shame of the Bush administration off our country's name and restore us to our former position of primacy in the world. I think the best way to restore faith in America is to hold the neo-cons accountable for their treason and war crimes in a court of law. It is an act of treason to lie this country into war and I wish our Representatives would say as much.

[calico1]

6. I remember that day very well.

I watched it sitting on the floor on my porch. We put the TV outside that night. I was sitting on the floor wearing my yellow smiley T-shirt.

[madokie]

9. the day I graduated from heavy equipment school

it was great because one of the instructers was a nixon to the max man and he had to eat his words. yes it was a good day for me on several fronts.

[bdamomma]

15. me too

I was with some high school friends and we cheered and applauded.

[sweetheart]

7. "I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow."

I remember that night, listening to those words on armed forces radio in berlin, and
wondering what political faults ran across the tomorrows of today's tomorrow.

That any joy of his conviction is the victory of another generation over "it", and
"it" is back, in full stephen king technicolour.

[Roon]

8. I was 7-years-old when Nixon resigned

and I don't remember it at all!

[AlCzervik]

12. i was also 7 and that was the first news thing i can remember, my parents

watching and trying to explain why Nixon was quitting.

[Mend]

10. Imagine that Patrick Fitzgerald had come through, indicted

rove who then squealed on bush, and the whole right-wing thug government resigned....that's how it felt the day we got rid of nixon and company but I don't think we will ever see that happiness again. These people appear unstoppable and if holy joe wins tomorrow, I will be sure it is hopeless.

[Pastiche423]

11. Tomorrow, August the 8th

will be the 32nd anniversary of one of the best days of my life. I was driving a silver Vega (do those cars still exists?) on Independence Blvd in Charlotte, North Carolina. I was wearing hip-hugger jeans w/a sequined butterfly on the ass, a halter top and high heel clogs when the radio station I was listening to was interrupted for a very important message.

RICHARD MILHOUSE NIXON HAD RESIGNED!

Horns began to honk and people began to scream out their car windows. I enthusiastically joined them. By the time I had reached my apartment complex, people had already began to celebrate. We celebrated long into the night.

Fast forward 25 years - I had just heard that The Decider had thrown his hat into the presidential ring. I screamed, OMG NO! Then I began to hope that the same fate would be visited upon him, as had Nixon on August 8, 2006.

What a f'ing bummer that that will not come to be. :mad:

But if Cynthia McKinney and Ned Lamont win tomorrow, it will help - a little.

[UTUSN]

14. You're my favorite Democrat n/t

[stevedeshazer]

16. That was one fine day, wasn't it?

I was 19. I watched it on my parents B & W Zenith 21" console.

I took out my Selective Service card and stared hard at it. I was 1-H. Still have it.

[kineneb]

17. best birthday present ever!

Aug. 9 is my birthday, and I had watched the entire Watergate hearings. I was so happy when he resigned on my 16th birthday!

[Auntie Bush]

18. I'd love to hear those words from George's lips...but the horror of

having Chaney as president would be intolerable. Frankly, I'd rather have baby Bush in charge. Maybe his Mommy can pull down his pants and spank some sense into that fanny of his that he thinks from.
I can just picture that. :rofl:

[yorkiemommie1]

19. if only * and CH. would utter those words

if only

[graywarrior]

20. Nixon sucked, but at least he felt guilt enough to resign.

This current asshole is sociopathic and therefore, has no guilt and will NEVER admit defeat.

[Cobalt-60]

21. I was 14

I was in the Civil Air Patrol, and we were standing at attention out on the "grinder" - read middle school playground- when Tricky Dick checked out.
Our squadron commanders, adult World War 2 veterans, seemed to be pretty embarrassed by the Commander in Chief.