re: #438 Gus 802

I always thought that the president deserved respect by the office that it afforded

I think it all started to go downhill during the Watergate scandal. It’s the 1st time many Americans witnessed someone disgracing that office

Yes, Kennedy had his bevy of women, but it was all nudge nudge/ wink wink as far as the press was concerned, and seeing that the press didn’t report it the public didn’t know it

Post Nixon, each side dug in deeper and deeper trying to “gotchya” the “other” guy, and as IceWeasal stated with the advent of the internet now EVERYONE is an “investigative reporter” with a loudspeaker