Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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PRESIDENT NIXON refuses to believe that his administration is on trial. He obscures that reality by contending that the Watergate affair does not prove the "bankruptcy of the American system," and he insists the scandal will reaffirm the system's ability to bring out the truth...
...Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew, attest to his boss's integrity -thereby calling attention to the fact that it was in question. For several weeks, Agnew's aides had spread the word that the Vice President was "appalled" by Nixon's handling of the Watergate scandal. But Agnew last week read a 90-second prepared statement saying that he wanted it known that "I have full confidence in the integrity of President Nixon and in his determination and ability to resolve the Watergate matter to the full satisfaction of the American people...
...middle, from which Nixon had hoped to build a permanent Republican New Majority, were becoming aroused. The conservative Detroit News also showed how opinion was shifting. On April 19, the News declared: "Smelly as the Watergate incident is, it would be a mistake to make it into a major scandal." Last week the News asked, "Is it overplayed?" and answered no. Watergate now indicated "a pattern of spying, lying, bribery and payoffs that derogate the entire political system and are unworthy of a great democracy." Even Conservative Columnist William F. Buckley Jr. suggested last week that if Nixon is found...
...another saddening week in the Watergate scandal unfolded, the events raised new doubts about the Nixon Administration's various vehicles for achieving justice...
...difficulties. Building understanding, nurturing belief, and preserving the integrity of the presidency was their real job, not running motorcades and guarding the office door. It is of considerable interest that the Administration's leading humorist and bon vivant-its most accessible major official-is Henry Kissinger, untouched by scandal and clearly the man who has achieved the most...