Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Today in History
From the Writer's Almanac:
It was on this day in 1974 that Richard M. Nixon resigned the office of the presidency, the first American president in history to do so. His policies as president had been rather liberal. He began arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. He eased relations with China. He established the Environmental Protection Agency, expanded Social Security and state welfare programs and tried to create a national health insurance system.
He won re-election in 1972 in a landslide, but in that same year a group of men broke into the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and in that break-in were the seeds of his downfall.
Wow! A third of a century!
It was on this day in 1974 that Richard M. Nixon resigned the office of the presidency, the first American president in history to do so. His policies as president had been rather liberal. He began arms control agreements with the Soviet Union. He eased relations with China. He established the Environmental Protection Agency, expanded Social Security and state welfare programs and tried to create a national health insurance system.
He won re-election in 1972 in a landslide, but in that same year a group of men broke into the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, and in that break-in were the seeds of his downfall.
Wow! A third of a century!
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I remember that day. My girlfriend and I were shopping for her bridesmaid dress for my wedding. We saw the announcement (and maybe his speech?) on TV in a restaurant.
Just yesterday I was telling my son about how during his first term, i.e., pre-Watergate, Tricky was exploring the possibility of repealing the 22nd amendment, the one that limits the president to two terms. He also wanted to dress the White House Marine guards in fancy-shmancy white uniforms with lots of gold braid, but that got shot down in flames and laughter.
To quote Henry Kissinger (loosely), Imagine how great that man could have been if someone had loved him...
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Just yesterday I was telling my son about how during his first term, i.e., pre-Watergate, Tricky was exploring the possibility of repealing the 22nd amendment, the one that limits the president to two terms. He also wanted to dress the White House Marine guards in fancy-shmancy white uniforms with lots of gold braid, but that got shot down in flames and laughter.
To quote Henry Kissinger (loosely), Imagine how great that man could have been if someone had loved him...
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