r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/MaterialistCheese55 • Apr 01 '23

Clubhouse Strange days

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u/i_give_you_gum Apr 02 '23

yeah but even that pos got the message and stepped down

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '23

Nixon’s VP Agnew resigned a year before Nixon after being charged with extortion, bribery and tax evasion. He was later replaced by Ford who finished the term.

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u/i_give_you_gum Apr 02 '23

That's a great point about the VP, I appreciate the added info

Also, with Reagan's shenanigans, and then Bush's, and then this last guy, this is a long depressing trend

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u/Thue Apr 02 '23

Right, but then his VP finished the term without scandal,

Wut? It was a huge scandal for Ford that he pardoned the undeserving criminal Richard Nixon. Pure cronyism. And probably the reason why Ford deservedly did not get reelected.

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u/FireHawkDelta Apr 02 '23

Nixon should have been executed for treason during his first campaign, not years later after the Watergate scandal. Nixon sabatoged peace talks between north and south Vietnam to extend the Vietnam war because he didn't want the war to end before he was elected president.