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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (317652)	12/27/2006 5:15:04 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578921

I don't agree. Nixon committed crimes, and should have done time. If the disgusting tapes of his presidency don't show that to you, nothing will. As it is, the total PASS Ford gave him established the precedent that the President is ABOVE the law. That's not how it should be in America. We had a chance to show the world we really DID have a system of laws here that worked for all, but Ford blew that opportunity, and proved we DON'T.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (317652)	12/29/2006 4:16:11 PM
From: brushwud	Respond to of 1578921

If Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon we would have had about 4-5 years of a circus (conviction, appeals, more appeals) and the country needed something better. Ford did the right thing in retrospect. As did Nixon by resigning. There wasn't a circus when Agnew resigned. When the FBI showed that they had the goods on him, he agreed to resign and plead no contest to something or other. Ford should have insisted on a no contest plea to one count of something and waited at least for Nixon to be sentenced before pardoning him.