order people to break into that DNC building? What reason did he have? Weren't the polls showing he was going to win with a landslide victory in the next election?
2006-10-13 14:47:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I do not think he was personally involved in the actual break in. I don't think he knew about it until after the fact, where he got into trouble was the cover up. It was his incredibly loyal people that did it to get secrets from the DNC. That was a long time ago, I do remember it because I voted for Nixon in the first election over Johnson because of the Vietnam war. That was my first time voting by the way. 1968
2006-10-13 14:55:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creep, the committee to re-elect the President, broke into the Democratic headquarters at Watergate to plant listening devices.
President Nixon, the Republican incumbent, was ahead in the polls and didn't need this illegal activity to occur in order to win.
As someone mentioned, he resigned because it was discovered that he tried to cover-up the incident. He did not know about the incident at the time it occurred.
2006-10-13 22:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice question
It should be an example to most of those that answered that they don't know Jack
If you tried to amalgamate the answers to get a inkling of what really happened you would be no where close.
2006-10-13 22:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by Skull&Bones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to remember that Nixon was a very paranoid person. Remember that he had an enemies list. So he wanted to be sure that he would win.
2006-10-13 21:51:31 · answer #4 · answered by Carlos D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nixon didn't order anyone to break-in, his staff was guilty. He got into trouble because he tried to cover it up.
2006-10-13 21:52:54 · answer #5 · answered by matt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paranoia.
2006-10-13 21:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by cashcobra_99 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He, like the present day GOP, wanted to rig the election.
2006-10-13 21:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
As intelligent as he was -- he had a very high IQ -- he was paranoid beyond imagination.
2006-10-13 21:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
seems to be pure paranoia... he didn't like taking the chance, he wanted to know for sure...
he didn't want any "October surprises"...
2006-10-13 21:50:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Always know your enemy!
2006-10-13 21:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by Boredstiff 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋