Declassified White House tapes reveal Nixon committed treason as part of his 1968 election campaign
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[quote]Declassified tapes of President Lyndon Johnson's telephone calls provide a fresh insight into his world. Among the revelations - he planned a dramatic entry into the 1968 Democratic Convention to re-join the presidential race. And he caught Richard Nixon sabotaging the Vietnam peace talks... but said nothing.
By the time of the election in November 1968, LBJ had evidence Nixon had sabotaged the Vietnam war peace talks - or, as he put it, that Nixon was guilty of treason and had "blood on his hands".
Publicly Nixon was suggesting he had no idea why the South Vietnamese withdrew from the talks. He even offered to travel to Saigon to get them back to the negotiating table.
Johnson felt it was the ultimate expression of political hypocrisy but in calls recorded with Clifford they express the fear that going public would require revealing the FBI were bugging the ambassador's phone and the National Security Agency (NSA) was intercepting his communications with Saigon.[/quote]
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Arroooo!
But in all honesty, that's fairly interesting.
And the most fiendish part of this masterminded plot was dying 20 years ago to escape the trial
I thought people already knew this
Essentially confirming what was already widely believed.
Shock of shocks, Nixon was kind of a crook.
[QUOTE=Qui Cattus;39950401]I thought people already knew this[/QUOTE]
Same here, wouldn't be the last time though
God damn. I thought those peace talks were supposed to one of the highlights of his political career or something?
[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;39950529]God damn. I thought those peace talks were supposed to one of the highlights of his political career or something?[/QUOTE]
Would be a pretty shitty highlight to have considering how much the North Vietnamese stuck to the peace accords.
newsflash politicians lie about everything
So he basically prolonged the Vietnam War so he had a better chance to get elected, then could claim credit for a peace deal that could have happened 5 years earlier?
[QUOTE=G-Enigma;39950581]So he basically prolonged the Vietnam War so he had a better chance to get elected, then could claim credit for a peace deal that could have happened 5 years earlier?[/QUOTE]
god bless america
godbless
What a Tricky Dick.
Well, he still makes a great futurama character.
[QUOTE=G-Enigma;39950581]So he basically prolonged the Vietnam War so he had a better chance to get elected, then could claim credit for a peace deal that could have happened 5 years earlier?[/QUOTE]
Wasn't this also the plot to the Star Wars prequels?
[i]Lucas[/i]
Nixon was a crook? Who would have thunk it.
Nixon's declassified presidential election guide
Dig up his body and put it on trial
Deliberately prolonging a war to improve his personal chances at reelection.
Where have I heard that before?
[QUOTE=Trogdon;39950873]Nixon's declassified presidential election guide[/QUOTE]
Only on Teen Nix.
Damn, we could have had another term of LBJ instead of this asshole as well.
Come on guys, he said he wasn't a crook.
he looks like a cool guy id have a beer with him
[QUOTE=Kinversulath;39950512]Essentially confirming what was already widely believed.
Shock of shocks, Nixon was kind of a crook.[/QUOTE]
And every election is just a group of new thugs.
Nixon was a pretty crappy President, no doubt. But this is not treason. Treason is doing something to benefit your enemy, and he was only doing this to benefit himself.
[QUOTE=JerryK;39950616]god bless america[/QUOTE]
you can bet your ass there's a lot of countries who wouldn't release something like this because it makes the country as a whole look bad.
[QUOTE=Ridge;39951591]Nixon was a pretty crappy President, no doubt. But this is not treason. Treason is doing something to benefit your enemy, and he was only doing this to benefit himself.[/QUOTE]
From the US constitution:
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."
What he did was definitely treason alright.
[QUOTE=G-Enigma;39950581]So he basically prolonged the Vietnam War so he had a better chance to get elected, then could claim credit for a peace deal that could have happened 5 years earlier?[/QUOTE]
Yeah Nixon nixed Apollo for the Vietnam war effort
fuck yooouu
And i'll break into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!
[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39951866]And i'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place![/QUOTE]
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