no watergate

I’ve always been curious about a world in which watergate never occurred/wasn’t revealed for many decades. About what Nixon would’ve done differently than ford. And what sort of effects he’d have. But also how history would view him given that this was 50 years ago now. In a world where there...

This topic has gotten some attention on the boards, but most of the comments were along the lines of "People trust government more" and called it a day. I'm hoping to begin a more earnest discussion based on a few central questions. Point of Divergence: IOTL, the Watergate burglary was foiled...

This is my first timeline that I'm writing on this website, so please go a bit easy on me :coldsweat:. That being said, this timeline will likely be pretty controversial. Nevertheless, please keep in mind it is just fiction and I would ask that people not take what I am writing as what 100%...

I was wondering how would Nixon be remembered without Watergate scandal? Let us just say that Watergate is either never discovered or never happened. There seem to be some good sides to Nixon, most of which are forgotten considering he was the only US President to resign because of the scandal...

Richard Nixon had the character flaw (among others) of being loyal to a fault. But suppose when the Watergate burglars are arrested and Nixon is informed of the plan by Haldeman or someone like that, he has a flash of insight that it's his hide or theirs. It's my understanding that Nixon had...

I know there are plenty of "No Watergate" threads on this forum, but I'm curious what everyone thinks about this particular scenario. If Carter never ran for the nomination, what other moderate could have filled the void and beat Ford (or Connally or Agnew, whoever), then lost to Reagan in '80...