Thothian
Banned
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 no prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in, and that the articles of impeachment were about his abuses of power in covering it up.
So, WI he immediately throws all the conspirators in the WH staff to the wolves, and goes on TV decrying "the criminal conspiracy by overzealous members of my administration. I've beaten my political opponents at the ballot box plenty of times. I don't need to break the law to do it. Those who worked for me and thought I would approve of criminal methods to influence the sacred American political process obviously don't know me very well." ? Basically, WI Nixon throws everyone to the wolves as soon as he finds out about the break-in?
What effect would this have on the rest of his presidency? Would this butterfly away impeachment? Would it butterfly Reagan into the presidency in '76?
It's my understanding that Nixon had no prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in, and that the articles of impeachment were about his abuses of power in covering it up.
So, WI he immediately throws all the conspirators in the WH staff to the wolves, and goes on TV decrying "the criminal conspiracy by overzealous members of my administration. I've beaten my political opponents at the ballot box plenty of times. I don't need to break the law to do it. Those who worked for me and thought I would approve of criminal methods to influence the sacred American political process obviously don't know me very well." ? Basically, WI Nixon throws everyone to the wolves as soon as he finds out about the break-in?
What effect would this have on the rest of his presidency? Would this butterfly away impeachment? Would it butterfly Reagan into the presidency in '76?