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An interesting whatif. But I think so. Post 1970 the radicals on the left had moved to a much more aggressive style to bring the US down. Elections hadnt been working for them (and still dont)
An interesting whatif. But I think so. Post 1970 the radicals on the left had moved to a much more aggressive style to bring the US down. Elections hadnt been working for them (and still dont)
Pretty much it, and besides, Goldwater and Nixon represented different wings of the GOP at the time, and though William Buckley managed to increase Goldwater's 'respectability' in the 1960's by booting out the right wing nutjobs like the John Birchers, Goldwater still wasn't quite ' there' yet to win a general election in 1976 either. Turns out Ford wasn't, either, but he probably came closer than Goldwater would have. By the late 1960's and mid 1970's Reagan's star was on the rise in the GOP and as Governor of a big state that was far more critical than Goldwater's Arizona. People tend to forget about Reagan until the 1980's for some reason, but he was also a beneficiary of Buckley's purge and more acceptable than Goldwater outside the Party loyalists. He was elected Governor in 1967 and again in 1971, and declined a third term, easily a better GOP choice because he could carry California's electoral votes for the GOP.
How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
An interesting whatif. But I think so. Post 1970 the radicals on the left had moved to a much more aggressive style to bring the US down. Elections hadnt been working for them (and still dont)
Pretty much it, and besides, Goldwater and Nixon represented different wings of the GOP at the time, and though William Buckley managed to increase Goldwater's 'respectability' in the 1960's by booting out the right wing nutjobs like the John Birchers, Goldwater still wasn't quite ' there' yet to win a general election in 1976 either. Turns out Ford wasn't, either, but he probably came closer than Goldwater would have. By the late 1960's and mid 1970's Reagan's star was on the rise in the GOP and as Governor of a big state that was far more critical than Goldwater's Arizona. People tend to forget about Reagan until the 1980's for some reason, but he was also a beneficiary of Buckley's purge and more acceptable than Goldwater outside the Party loyalists. He was elected Governor in 1967 and again in 1971, and declined a third term, easily a better GOP choice because he could carry California's electoral votes for the GOP.
We suffer this mindset to this day. These people always want a Republican that Democrats like. And he always gets his ass kicked...as planned.
Still doing it today. Trump kicked Hillary's ass and brought the House and Senate and dozens of states with him.
The next day never trumpers began bellyaching about replacing Trump with “somebody who can win”.
How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
I am not sure at that point is was such a left-right issue as far as watergate.
How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
I am certainly no fan of Nixon's. If I had been 18 in 1968, I would have voted for Humphrey. But, as the smoke has cleared and more evidence has become available, it is now obvious that Nixon got a very raw deal in Watergate and that the main charge against him--the charge that convinced the grand jury to name him as a co-consipirator--was bogus. Nixon did not authorize the hush-money payment to Howard Hunt, and many of the legal maneuverings against him were grossly unethical.
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How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
Nixon would never choose Goldwater. He wanted a yes man and someone who would likely pardon him. Ford fit the part perfectly.
Was there ever a bigger Big Government yes man, than old lying Gerald?
Nixon would never choose Goldwater. He wanted a yes man and someone who would likely pardon him. Ford fit the part perfectly.
Was there ever a bigger Big Government yes man, than old lying Gerald?
Ford was popular enough in Congress as well. He had spent most of his life there and his devout RINOism was well known. He was the last Republican President or Presidential nominee not to be skewered by the Dems as a racist, Nazi and Literally Hitler.
Of course, Ford was also a pathetic loser, taking it up the ass from Jimmy Carter.
Nixon would never choose Goldwater. He wanted a yes man and someone who would likely pardon him. Ford fit the part perfectly.
Was there ever a bigger Big Government yes man, than old lying Gerald?
Ford was popular enough in Congress as well. He had spent most of his life there and his devout RINOism was well known. He was the last Republican President or Presidential nominee not to be skewered by the Dems as a racist, Nazi and Literally Hitler.
Of course, Ford was also a pathetic loser, taking it up the ass from Jimmy Carter.
I doubt any GOP candidate would have beat Carter; the Watergate plus Energy Crisis' hoax was laid at their feet, along with the global food shortages creating the high inflation cycles, and Republicans essentially just stuck their asses in the public's faces as a response, as they usually do in hard times, and then act all shocked at the backlash.
What an interesting thoughtHow would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew,
Goldwater was one of the Republicans that told Nixon he had to go.How would history have changed if Richard Nixon had chosen Barry Goldwater to replace Spiro Agnew, assuming Barry Goldwater had accepted? Would the left have even bothered with Watergate?
