re: #81 Anymouse
I question pardoning Nixon. Party before country, even then.
I’d say pardoning Nixon made sense ONLY because he resigned rather than put the nation through the whole Impeachment process. I DEFINITELY didn’t see it that way at the time, but since Nixon took the high road by resigning, I’m willing to cut Ford slack for pardoning him.
BTW, people insist it was ‘the deal’, that Nixon resigned in exchange for the pardon, which may well be true, but the thing is, it’s unenforceable. What’s Ex-President Nixon gonna do if Ford changes his mind - unresign?