descbribe how the presidental scandals changed the presidency from nixon on?
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people began to distrust the government, always having a feeling that something was going on and they were never being told about it, conspiricy (sp?) theories and such.\n\nRemember how alot less than half of America knew that FDR was handicapped? The press were friendly back then, and were willing to keep it disclosed to the American citizens that he had polio. What happened to that?
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The Watergate scandal refers to the break in of the Democratic office in Watergate hotel. It was later found that the culprits were closely associated with the white house staff and Nixon was implied to have known and sanctioned the break in. Nixon's lying and coverup by witholding evidence and delaying investigation led to an effort to impeach the president. Before that could happen he resigned. It significance was that it showed that the top level of the US government could and would misuse its power in an effort to stay in power by any means.
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For a period of six months to a year after gaining the presidency, the president's approval rating increases.  This effect is known as the honeymoon period.  It is only when the new president begins inacting his policies that he/she consequentially alienates supporters and opposition members alike.  Also, historically, when a president is nearing the end of his term his approval numbers tend to rise as well.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election%2C_1952\n\nnot much, it was a landslide\n\nTo placate the party's conservative wing, Eisenhower chose as his running mate Senator Richard Nixon of California, best known for his pursuit of Alger Hiss.
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Once upon a time... there was this guy who was the president. While president, he got caught with his pants down and lied to try and save face. \n Now the opposing party knew this was the big break they had been looking for. One of the members boasted, "we could put a monkey in office now". And that is exactly what they did. \nThe End
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Wrong Genius!  He definately WAS Impeached - which does not mean he was removed from office, just rebuked by the House of Representatives.  Nixon left office prior to his.\nCheck out the WHITE HOUSE'S OWN SITE (Clinton's Biography):\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html\nand Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton\n\nFrom http://www.ourtimelines.com/zpcimp.html:\nBehind a backdrop unique in historical terms, on Saturday 19 December 1998, President William Jefferson Clinton was impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming only the second President in U.S. History, and the only man popularly elected as President to have been so charged. \nThe House voted 228 to 206 to approve proposed Article I of Impeachment (Perjury before a Federal Grand Jury), and voted 221 to 212 to approve proposed Article III of Impeachment (Obstruction of Justice). \n\nAlthough the impeachment process succeeded at the level of the House of Representatives, without the Senate's confirming action in this matter, no further action was taken.
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The same reason he hasn't been impeached for other transgressions that were clearly questionable. Nixon was impeached for far less than Bush .I hope they do something soon before he runs our country totally in the ground.
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Clinton, and not because I hate Bush, but because\n\n1.The economy was better under Clinton\n2.There was less fear/actual terrorist attacks\n3.The country was fairly united\n4.Less division between parties\n5.Better education plan without No Child Left Behind\n6.Working on healthcare problems vs. working on changing the Consitiution\n7.Scandals had to do with sex, not money theft, conspiracy, and wiretapping...\n\nClinton wins, the only place people really hate him for is the affair and that was his private business, in reality almost all Presidents have affairs...
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These are what I'd consider the significant ones, in terms of their broad reaching effects and effects over time.\n\n70's Watergate, Ford pardons Nixon\n80's Abscam, Savings and Loan, Iran Contra\n90's Whitewater (unproved) Monica Lewinsky
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Yes! Under this Administration it is worse than the KGB. When is America going to wake up and demand accountability from George W. Bush, for his abuse of his office and the power bestowed upon him? We impeached Nixon for much less than this. How long are we going to sit back and take this kind of corruption?
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To date: Richard Nixon at 24% at the end of his Presidency.\n\nEnd-of Presidency Job Approval Ratings\nPresident Rating (%) Election Results\nBill Clinton\n(2 terms, D, 2001) 65% VP Gore (D) wins popular vote but Bush (R) wins electoral college vote\nRonald Reagan\n(2 terms, R, 1989) 64% VP Bush (R) defeats Dukakis (D)\nDwight Eisenhower\n(2 terms, R, 1961) 59% Kennedy (D) defeats Nixon (R)\nJohn F. Kennedy\n(partial term, D, 1963) 63% (VP) Johnson (D) defeats Goldwater (R)\nGeorge Bush\n(1 term, R, 1993) 56% Clinton (D) defeats Bush (R)\nGerald Ford\n(partial term, R, 1977) 53% Carter (D) defeats Ford (R)\nLyndon Johnson\n(1+ terms, D, 1969) 49% Nixon (R) defeats Humphrey (Johnson did not run) (D)\nJimmy Carter\n(1 term, D, 1981) 34% Reagan (R) defeats Carter (D)\nRichard Nixon\n(partial term, R, 1974) 24% Carter (D) defeats (VP) Ford (R)\n\nBy the way GWB is currently at 45%. Which is better than Jimmy Carter (Who won a Nobel Prize).
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It was Nixon in the Watergate scandal\nReagan in the Iran Contra scandal\nBush has out done them all as far as I can see.
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From what source did you "hear" such outlandish gibberish? Clinton is likely to be listed in the ranks of Nixon. Both of who have been impeached.
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THINGS WERE FAR BETTER OFF WHEN CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE.\n\nI MISS BILL CLINTON!!\n\nHELL, WITH PRESIDENTS LIKE BUSH, IT MAKES YOU MISS NIXON!!
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Well it was basically a decade of the rise of republicanism. It was where not much progress happened. IT kinda stagnated. It was dominated by scandals as well such as the teapot dome scandal. At the end, it was when the depression started.
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I would like to know what differance does it make, Bush cheated and got the presdentsy and that is over as well as his term in three years.
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He was faced with imminent impeachment due to the Watergate scandal, so rather than suffer the embarrasment, he resigned.\n\nHe was the first President to resign.