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Biggest U.S. Presidential Scandal?
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Honestly, Harding should be added to the list. Two affairs and an illegitimate child followed by the distinct possibility that he was poisoned by his wife for these affairs and the proven fact that she destroyed thousands of official and unofficial documents in order to cover it all up. The whole thing was Monica Lewinsky on steroids.
The things being done by the executive branch in the last 20 years make Watergate look quaint....
Hard to say which was worse, there are scandals so frequently now that people just expect the office of the POTUS to be corrupt.
Surprised you didn't list Bush and the Iraq war, or the Vince Foster "suicide" on there. :2 cents:
Hard to say which was worse, there are scandals so frequently now that people just expect the office of the POTUS to be corrupt.
Surprised you didn't list Bush and the Iraq war, or the Vince Foster "suicide" on there. :2 cents:
Little Red Wagon Repairman
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LOL, I think he will beat Clinton with scandals in his one term... Solendra is just the beginning, and there have been numerous others already...
And the Teapot Dome scandal as well
It's clearly still the one that "popped our cherries," Watergate! Before Watergate, people basically just took what the government said for what it was worth, and had faith in what they said was the truth (aside from youth, who always questions authority). After that, we've had a larger group of people who always questions things.
Furthermore, it was and still is the ONLY scandal that directly brought down a Presidency, because not only did Nixon lose any support that he had from Democrats......he also lost most, if not all support that he had from his fellow Republicans as well, which is why he resigned.
Now some might say "Watergate.....meh!" However, I would say: "Watergate: burglary (The DNC Headquarters was one of the places even), wire tapping, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, destroying evidence, abuse of power, firing government officials who wouldn't sell out and tried to do their jobs (anyone remember the "Saturday Night Masacre....Hell, I was a baby & I've even heard of that), a President who literally thought he was above the law, a huge cover-up, paying people off to buy their silence, and a constitutional crisis as well.
There is a reason why, 30+ years after Nixon resigned, there was still a major buzz over who "Deep Throat" was, and it hadn't died down hardly a bit.....until that day late in his life....that Mark Felt outted himself as being in fact the mysterious informant known as "Deep Throat." It made household names out of Washington Post writers Woodward and Bernstein (really made their careers actually). Hell, to this day, when something happens that is a scandal......what do we say......(fill in the blank)Gate for a reason also!
Anyway, I don't see how anyone could argue that Watergate isn't still the biggest U.S. Presidential scandal.....even to this day, becasue it affected, and continues to affect so many people. It was so big. Hell it was a literally a criminal conspiracy. People actually went to jail. It directly brought down a President. Hell, President Nixon had to be pardoned by President Ford even to avoid the distinct possibility that he (Nixon) would have ended up in prison as well. And, possibly most importantly, it permanently stole the "innocence" of the American people......and we haven't recovered to this day. :2 cents:
Furthermore, it was and still is the ONLY scandal that directly brought down a Presidency, because not only did Nixon lose any support that he had from Democrats......he also lost most, if not all support that he had from his fellow Republicans as well, which is why he resigned.
Now some might say "Watergate.....meh!" However, I would say: "Watergate: burglary (The DNC Headquarters was one of the places even), wire tapping, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, destroying evidence, abuse of power, firing government officials who wouldn't sell out and tried to do their jobs (anyone remember the "Saturday Night Masacre....Hell, I was a baby & I've even heard of that), a President who literally thought he was above the law, a huge cover-up, paying people off to buy their silence, and a constitutional crisis as well.
There is a reason why, 30+ years after Nixon resigned, there was still a major buzz over who "Deep Throat" was, and it hadn't died down hardly a bit.....until that day late in his life....that Mark Felt outted himself as being in fact the mysterious informant known as "Deep Throat." It made household names out of Washington Post writers Woodward and Bernstein (really made their careers actually). Hell, to this day, when something happens that is a scandal......what do we say......(fill in the blank)Gate for a reason also!
Anyway, I don't see how anyone could argue that Watergate isn't still the biggest U.S. Presidential scandal.....even to this day, becasue it affected, and continues to affect so many people. It was so big. Hell it was a literally a criminal conspiracy. People actually went to jail. It directly brought down a President. Hell, President Nixon had to be pardoned by President Ford even to avoid the distinct possibility that he (Nixon) would have ended up in prison as well. And, possibly most importantly, it permanently stole the "innocence" of the American people......and we haven't recovered to this day. :2 cents:
GibbsGrad2002
Mr. Nice gallery
Nixon and Watergate
TheOrangeCat
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nothing any Prez has done - even that Satanic spawn GWB - comes close to Tricky Dicky.
Elwood70
Torn & Frayed.
I agree with everything else you said;but I think that-despite the face that it wasn't a scandal per say- the American public seeing their President's head get blown off in an open car in broad daylight stole their innocence.
TheOrangeCat
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I should've put the Plame Affair. That was a big story for a while, a covert CIA officer's cover being blown
Little Red Wagon Repairman
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I'd switch Obama for Bill Clinton in a second. Clinton really was smart and not just a hype machine on a soapbox. Every time Obama reads from his mechanical brain I expect to see a 1-800 Number in flashing red under his chin and for him to occasionally say, "But wait, there's more!"
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Some of the list would be scandals they others are treason.
American Dad - Oliver North song Video
They were not tricked they were stupid to begin with.
American Dad - Oliver North song Video
They were not tricked they were stupid to begin with.
TheOrangeCat
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^^^^^
Is that you, WTC7??
Is that you, WTC7??
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
Some of the list would be scandals they others are treason.
American Dad - Oliver North song Video
They were not tricked they were stupid to begin with.
I voted for the old codger and the MILF. I ain't stupid, bah Gawd! Still the least bad. Biden wasn't exactly Ben Franklin in the VP Debate with Palin.
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