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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bearshark who wrote (51165)	6/27/2005 7:36:05 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

I think Nixon should have done SOME prison time. If only to show that here in America, we pretend justice applies to all. To show all politicians going forward that there's a price to be paid more than just shame. Now that NO politician has any shame, it makes more sense than ever that Nixon shouldn't have been given a pass.

To: bearshark who wrote (51165)	6/28/2005 6:25:10 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 173976

I don't care whether Nixon got any punishment. The lesson that was missed out of the premature pardon was how susceptible our democracy is to abuse and how significant that abuse was. I have some doubts as to whether Ford's primary motivation was to forget about Nixon. I think the way Congress handled the threat of impeachment and Nixon's resignation followed by Ford's pardon was designed to not expose the extent of Nixon's abuse. The burglary coverup was a nit in the scheme of things. Following the theme into the Reagan Administration, look at the pardons that were thrown around. Particularly for Weinberger, his pardon amounts to a ~he's pardoned for whatever he did [We're not going to mention what that was] because he did it with "good" intentions. jttmab