The only two good Presidents we have had in the past 40 years were

In recent History, during their respective presedencies, Clinton had the highest approval rating, Reagan coming in 2nd. The lowest is the current jackass in the oval office, and Nixon comes in a close 2nd.

 

a high approval rating just means people are dupes.

 

at least someone in this damn thread has a brain.

*high-five*

 

Nixon is credited with creating the modern day Imperial Presidency, in which the presidency retains a high level of control over government policy and decisions. In the early 1970s, Nixon impounded billions of dollars in federal spending and expanded the power of the Office of Management and Budget. These encroachments on the power of Congress led to the passage of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

The term Watergate has come to encompass an array of illegal and secret activities undertaken by Nixon or his aides during his administration. These activities did not come to light until several men were caught breaking into Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972. The men were subsequently linked to the White House. This became one of a series of major scandals involving the Committee to Re-Elect the President, including the White House enemies list and assorted "dirty tricks." The ensuing Watergate scandal exposed the corruption, illegality and deceit displayed by some of those within the Nixon administration.[31]


The Fords escort the Nixons across the South Lawn of the White House to the waiting presidential helicopter before Gerald Ford takes the oath of office, August 9, 1974
Nixon himself downplayed the scandal as mere politics, but when his aides began resigning, Nixon's alleged role in ordering an illegal cover-up came to light in the press, courts, and congressional investigations. He had accepted illicit campaign contributions,[32] and had harassed opponents with executive agencies, wiretaps, and break-ins. Unlike the tape recordings by earlier Presidents, his secret recordings of White House conversations were revealed, subpoenaed, and showed details of his alledged complicity in the cover-up. Nixon was named by the grand jury investigating Watergate as "an unindicted co-conspirator" in the Watergate scandal.
One piece of evidence, an audio tape of conversations held in the White House between the President and various aides on June 20, 1972, features an unexplained 18½ minute gap.[33] The first deleted section, of about five minutes, has been attributed to human error on the part of Rose Mary Woods, the President's personal secretary, who admitted accidentally wiping the section while transcribing the tape. No definitive explanation has been offered for the deletion of the remaining conversations, but contextual evidence suggests that Nixon and then-Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman discussed the Watergate problem in the conversation obliterated. The gap, while not conclusive proof of wrong-doing on the part of the President, cast doubt on Nixon's claim that he was unaware of the cover-up at this stage. Although not discovered until several years after he had left office, transcripts of an earlier June 20, 1972 conversation between Nixon and White House Special Counsel Charles Colson clearly show Nixon's early involvement in obstructing justice in the Watergate investigation.[34]


Nixon departing the White House aboard a H-3 Sea King helicopter after resigning
Nixon lost support from some in his own party as well as much popular support after what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre of October 20, 1973. As the Watergate story continued to dominate headlines, Nixon tried to reassure a suspicious public by continuing to deflect himself from any wrongdoing. On November 17, 1973, during a televised question and answer session with the press, Nixon said,
“ People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. ”
The House Judiciary Committee controlled by Democrats opened formal and public impeachment hearings against Nixon on May 9, 1974. Despite his efforts, one of the secret recordings, known as the "smoking gun" tape, was released on August 5, 1974, and revealed that Nixon authorized hush money to Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt. In light of his loss of political support and the near certainty of both his impeachment and conviction, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening. listen (help·info) He never admitted to criminal wrongdoing, although he later conceded errors of judgment. During the Watergate scandal, Nixon's approval rating had fallen to 23%.[35]

 

*snicker*

BUSH is batman.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121694247343482821.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

 

This is true, but Im fairly confident that it also speaks to the fact that a good percentage of the population is experiencing economic comfort.

 

at least he had the good grace to resign.:cheers2:

 

True that.

Everyone else here is just sheeple.

 

it was a make-believe bubble, doomed to pop.

 

sheeple!!!

they are everywhere!!

and we are dealing with the worst kind of sheeple too...

anti-sheeple sheeple.


(does saying "sheeple" four times in one post make me an official conspiracy buff?)

 

(you're still missing the mandatory conspiracy youtube link...)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iIAWWL4HQDg

OMG CHEMTRAILS!!!111!!!!!11

 

No, but If you look in a mirror and say Candyman 5 times, Sammy Davis Jr. will appear



Hotwater

 

candyman never stopped by, but Bloody Mary did.

 

I find this one even more entertaining :hat:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=XHKrEFiDn6E

 

A SWASTIKA!!! OMG!!!11!!

 

:smilielol5:

i prefer this one..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fxfz6Ma1fI8

 

I dunno HHB....I feel that I was presented with biased opinions in that last link. It might just be me though.

 

That one can easily be taken both ways.

 

Reagan started the drug war. Fuck that guy.