Watergate - The Scandal of Them All
Although twenty five years has passed since the notorious President Nixon resigned from office, the infamous legacy left by Richard Nixon and his administration will never be forgotten, leaving the American people with a distrust among American Politicians and disrespect for the American Presidency. Among the scandals that have gone through the White House there was not one as corrupt, as unfortunate, and as deceiving like the Watergate Scandal. Richard Nixon took advantage of his Presidency, believing that he could do anything he wanted, " When the President does it, it's not illegal... ." Because he believed this, he and others in the White House performed illegal actions to secure his re-election in 1972, and then did even more to cover up the Watergate. Watergate had such an impact on the American people because it was a hard slap in the face when you realize how corrupt your President really is. Before this incident, the simple title of "President" was glorified, people respected who the President was and everything he stood for. What Nixon did damaged the title by lying and cheating. The faith in the President has been lost. It was 1972 and the United States had been going through great despair. While fighting in
Aside from a distrust in politicians, a distrust of the use of campaign money came about. After the break-in, the members of the team such as Rolando Martinez and Bernardo Baker were paid by Nixon's lawyer. The payment was considered "hush money" that was filtered from Nixon's campaign funds. When the FBI traced the money, they found it was in a bank in Mexico. This was an obvious illegal use of the campaign funds and after Nixon's Presidency, we came up with new laws that prevented these kinds of situation. Finally, there has been a condemnation of the president and a focus on negative aspects of presidency. Granted that after President Nixon, America has had intelligent men in office, but we are no longer getting best of the best. America now has only the second best candidates in the White House because of the lack of respect and openly critical remarks made about the president. The brilliant more deserving men of the position do not even bother running because of what the press, the people and society does to the image if the president. Because Richard Nixon cheated the American people, it caused one giant domino effect of suspicion and distrust among major players in America as a whole. One thing lead to another and now politics is no longer as acclaimed as it once was. Notice now how almost every movie that has anything to do with politics involves some sinister politician wanting to cheat the people. Doubtfully, wh
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Approximate Word count = 975
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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