Gerald Ford’s Unlikely Role in the Imperial Presidency
In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...
The President and the Press
"I was determined to tell my story directly to the people rather than to funnel it to them through a press account." --Richard Nixon, Six Crises by Dav ...
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Nixon Ignores Moratorium
Agnew. After a conference with Nixon, Agnew asked the Moratorium leaders to repudiate a letter from North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong. The letter expressed hope that the nationwide ...
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Gen. Flynn Warning: Before Nov., Dems Can Stick Us with Unelected POTUS/VP - Technically Legal, Extremely Troubling
Richard Nixon hand-picked the little-known Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew as his running mate for his win in 1968. Agnew turned out to be a forerunner of former President Donald Trump, aided by the ...
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The evolution of political bribery — and the real reason for the $Trump coins | Opinion
Both Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon took cash bribes while in the White House and before. Agnew’s dated back to shakedowns he did as Maryland governor, while Nixon helped Jimmy Hoffa get out of a ...
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CSotD: Deja vu, if that’s what we decide
Despair was on the national menu in October, 1973. Paul Conrad described the state of the presidency in the words White House ...