I want to know your opinions of how the Watergate Scandal with Nixon has effected the future from then, which is today?
Will it always affect us, in what ways?
2007-03-08 07:55:43 · 5 answers · asked by getoffmyback 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Here's one effect. After Watergate, the Executive branch lost some power. Cheney and Rumsfeld were around then, and they resented having their hands tied as aides to Pres. Ford. They used their 2001 reentry into government as VP and Sec Def as an opportunity to steal back more power for the President and then some. This is why many people now say and believe we are living under a dictatorship and that Congress, from 2001 through 2006 became nothing more than a rubber stamp for the President's and Vice Presidents wishes and desires to expand their power even further.
2007-03-08 08:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Richard Nixon authorized a burglary, and got caught, the people that voted republican took a vow, to try to make any democrat that ever holds office look somewhat as bad. It's just too bad that they can not see their is potential for all to lie. This blindness and rage has certainly clouded their opinions regarding this president and his cooked intel about Iraq.
Consequently we all pay the price, but none pay as dearly as those that serve
2007-03-08 08:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They invented it. Nixon in certainty replaced into in now way in contact, he replaced into in basic terms to blame of preserving subordinates who knew approximately it. He himself knew no longer something approximately it on the time. it is too plenty certainty for some to attend to, nevertheless.
2016-11-23 15:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen W Hill...
2007-03-08 08:06:39 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we still don't trust government.
2007-03-08 08:07:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋