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markpkessinger

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6. There has never been a scintilla of evidence offered to support this . . .

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:24 PM

Jun 2025

. . . and such speculation is unhelpful. It has been well established that Nixon resigned following a visit by senior Congressional Republicans (including Barry Goldwater), who told him, on the eve of an impeachment vote, that if he didn't resign, he would be impeached, and these Republicans would vote in favor of impeachment and ultimately conviction at a Senate trial,

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Anyone else pissed at Gerald Ford? [View all] Ocelot II Jun 2025 OP

Yep, Me! maspaha Jun 2025 #1

I bet Nixon wasn't going to resign if Tree Lady Jun 2025 #2

There has never been a scintilla of evidence offered to support this . . . markpkessinger Jun 2025 #6

Ok sorry I was just guessing Tree Lady Jun 2025 #23

For sure, while I doubt Ford made the decision alone, I think it would be wise to understand how that pardon paved the still-prayin4rain Jun 2025 #3

I was outraged by it at the time synni Jun 2025 #4

me too from the moment he said it rurallib Jun 2025 #16

No, not really. Ford didn't have a single thing to do w/ tRUMP's illegal acts of today. Big difference. SWBTATTReg Jun 2025 #5

Before my time. mr715 Jun 2025 #7

Worth digging into including his treasonous secret negotiations with Vietnam. And his conversations with Lee Atwater LT Barclay Jun 2025 #20

ARRGLEBARGLE MILQUETOAST FORD!!!! nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #8

Hahahaha! Ocelot II Jun 2025 #9

And if we run out of dead horses, we'll kill some live ones Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #11

Yes, of course. BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #10

What we need swong19104 Jun 2025 #12

Well, there was the execution of Charles I in 1649, Ocelot II Jun 2025 #14

I'm pissed at all republicans! William769 Jun 2025 #13

Only for the last 50 years. dchill Jun 2025 #15

Anyone else pissed at Abraham Lincoln? IronLionZion Jun 2025 #17

The whole modern GOP hates Lincoln Johonny Jun 2025 #22

That's where it started and now we need a way to "encourage" most of the radical SCOTUS LT Barclay Jun 2025 #18

If only Golfnbrew Jun 2025 #19

Yes, indeedy. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2025 #21