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    The Watergate Affair

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    The Justice System of the United States was founded on more historical terms. The Watergate was something that should've been expected, especially when Nixon was known for erratic and sometimes paranoid behaviors; which was proven by his “Checkers” speech. The Watergate affair was referred to because of multiple 1972 break-ins and electronic buggings. Within Nixon's administration officials, financial contributors and campaign officers more than 30 either pleaded guilty or were found guilty for…

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    President Nixon was suspected after the police found ties the five burglars who broke into watergate. Those five people were James W. McCord, Virgilio R. Gonzales, Eugenio R. Martinez ,Frank A. Sturgis ,Bernard L. Barker. Those five all had roles in breaking into the Democratic National Committee DNC which is the Headquarters. They showed up to…

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    The Watergate Scandal forever ruined the nation’s trust in the Presidency. Although the United States was doing well and had just made it out of the unpopular Vietnam War, the nation almost impeached Richard Nixon for his unacceptable actions. After the Watergate Scandal, there have been many more outrages from other well-known politicians. The Nation has reached a point where it can no longer trust the past and present presidents because of their actions. During a warm, early morning on June…

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    The Watergate Scandal

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    leadership is modeled by those who live by proper application of Godliness and principles found in the Word of God, and being consistent with those principles that they teach” (M.Moore, et. Al, 2003). Readings state that Nixon knew about the Watergate Espionage operation before it happened but he tried to cover it up, raising “hush money” for burglars, and in a persistent effort to stop the FBI from investigating the crime. Was it biblical to pardon him? Was it ethical? “All have sinned…

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    future affairs, especially the foreign policies Nixon himself set up, as well as his regrets with the Watergate…

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    a positive spin on events that subsist as serious matters. One example of the role that humorists play is in politics: humorists design political cartoons to critique the grave situations that exist in politics. More specifically, after the Watergate scandal, numerous news agencies like the Washington…

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    White House during Nixon’s presidency because he was involved in the Watergate scandal. I believe that President Nixon tried to use his executive power to get away with a crime. Even after he had resigned I still believe it was a bit suspicious that he didn’t get punished for anything he did. I feel President Nixon committed crimes when he engaged in a break in of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate building and tried to cover it up. He had tried to edit and…

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    All the President’s Men was a film produced to examine the journalism investigation of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein which centered around President Nixon’s Watergate scandal, in result of the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Unable to grasp the full nature of the scandal at the time, the investigation put forth by Woodward and Bernstein would eventually uncover a deep knowledge of the break in and attempts the Nixon’s administration went through to cover it up.…

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    Nixon Swot Analysis

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    1. Apparently Nixon had a falling and rising career. One of his personality traits was anger. “Nixon was only one of the most hated figures of his time, and yet he was also the only man who was elected twice as Vice President and twice as President” (Freidrich, 334). President Nixon’s personality is serious, angry, and forceful. He had high expectations from everyone he worked with and if he didn’t get what he wanted. Most likely he was going to have something to say and it wasn’t going to be…

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    The Watergate Incident

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    The Watergate incident simultaneously had the three results of changing the American people’s public view of the president, the relationship between the government and media, and the media from a somewhat collaborative to competitive industry. These all contributed to several areas of exploration. On June 17, 1972, five men were taken into custody for the act of burglary. They were found lurking inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters which was in Washington D.C. inside the…

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