The investigation that took place questioned many motives of the white house and its connections in the scandal; however, the president denied all allegations. The president at the time was Richard Nixon, after his re-election in n November 1972 he had taken office for his second term. Initially the American people had chosen the president of their choice; however the tragedy that followed made most Americans loose trust in government and political leaders. The Watergate scandal in June 17th had five men caught in the offices of Democrats campaign headquarters. The uncovering of
To the Democratic Party, “Miller [was] doing exactly what the Republicans have accused Kerry of – flip flopping” (Renfroe). After his speech, Miller was disliked and even despised by many Democrats. They felt as though he was not loyal to his own party and might as well just declare that he truly is a Republican. The Democratic Party was not only upset with Miller because he stood behind the Republican Party, but because he publicly humiliated John Kerry: “The B-1 bomber, that Senator Kerry opposed, dropped 40 percent of the bombs in the first six months of Operation Enduring Freedom” (Miller 3). Zell Miller purposely pointed out flaws in Senator Kerry’s actions to exemplify to the audience why he would not feel his family would be safe and protected under Kerry’s rule.
Mrs. Christensen 12/10/07 Rhetorical Analysis In today's society, people are lying and being lied to every single day. Bill Clinton's presidency was no exception when people started to question his honesty on various issues. At the same time, a U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas was accused of sexually harassing a woman named Anita Hill. His denial of the allegations proved that someone was lying. Along with the chaos of liars and dishonest people came Stephanie Ericsson's essa)"The Ways We Lie."
Pushed around long enough, and angry at the president for going soft on Castro -- who had shut down its lucrative Cuban casinos -- the mob made someone an offer he couldn't refuse. Oswald was either its hit man or its patsy. Upon his arrest, the mob dispatched Jack Ruby to silence him. Reasons to believe: •In 1979 the HSCA concluded that Hoffa, Marcello, and Trafficante all had the "motive, means, and opportunity" to assassinate Kennedy. •Hoffa had told a federal informant that he would like to kill RFK but that his brother was the more desirable victim because "when you cut down the tree, the branches fall with it."
Watergate Scandal On the evening of June 17th, 1972 is the date that marks the occurrence of the Watergate Scandal (Olson). Watergate is located in Washington D.C and was nothing more than an office and an apartment complex (Olson). That changed when the scandal initiated with a break-in at Watergate and five burglars were arrested (Olson). This was quite an unforgettable and shocking scandal to the society of America, and would change the lives of many people involved, such as President Richard Nixon. If it wasn’t for the Watergate Hotel security guard, Frank Willis, then justice would not have been served (Olson).
The Profumo affair was one of many embarrassments that would bring down the conservative ministry led Macmillan. However it was by far the most damaging and truly delivered the coup de grace to the conservative government. In 1962-63 there were a number of serious spy scandals, some such as the vassal affair and the Philby affair which seemed to implicated ministers John Vassall was a British civil servant who was blackmailed by the KGB (The Soviet Secret Service) because of his homosexuality, and obliged to spy for them for seven years from the mid-1950s while working as a comparatively junior civil servant in the Admiralty. In 1954, he was posted as Naval Attaché at the British embassy in Moscow. The year after he arrived, Vassall (who was homosexual) was encouraged by the KGB to become extremely drunk at a party, and was photographed in a compromising position with several men.
It began with the invasion and interference in telephone lines of the headquarters of the Democratic campaign. The invasion was committed on June 17, 1972 by a team of five men who were caught in fraganti inside the offices of the Democratic Party in the Watergate building in Washington. Their arrest revealed a plan of illegal wiretapping and spying on political opponents backed by the White House, and senior officials of the country were implied in the plan, including former inspector-general John Mitchell, the presidential adviser John Dean, the Chief of Staff of the White House H. R. Haldeman, the assessor for the National Affairs John Ehrlichman, and the head of them all, President Richard Nixon. In May 1973, the Commission on Presidential Activities of the U.S. Senate heard a series of stunning revelations that gave the scandal a dimension greater than they had. John Dean testified that the president was aware of the operation and had authorized the payment to the assailants to keep them in silence, something that was vehemently denied by the Nixon Administration.
He may have had good intentions for the country in a political way but the scandal ruined him as a leader and lost the trust of the American people. We knew that we couldn’t believe anything else that came out of his mouth whether good or bad ever again. He was caught in a lie that he couldn’t talk his way out of this time. The lies lead to his impeachment and many years of being the black sheep as well as the outcast. However, he will be one of the presidents to go down in history for his scandals whether good or bad.
Historians believe that Watergate came to be due to president Richard Nixon’s personality along with those of his advisers, in conjunction with the changing roles of the presidency (Mc Dougal Littell, 953). Early in the morning of June 17, 1972 5 men were caught breaking into the Democratic National Headquarters. The 5 men were often referred to as the “plumbers” it was their job to plug up any government leaks to the media, and help the Nixon administration in other, often illegal, ways (Mc Dougal Littell, 954). The burglars had intended on taking pictures that outlined many of the democratic parties strategies and to position wiretaps on the telephones in the office. One of the major reasons that Nixon even covered up the Watergate burglary was due to the fact that the government was not going to take much action they were just going to require that all parties involved resigned.
This is a prime example of how unconscious racism is present in today’s society. President Obama had to force himself to release his personal documents in an effort to prove to the American people that he was indeed a citizen because multitudes of people, including influential people such as Donald Trump had their doubts. Still, many Americans do not believe the truth; they listed him as a non-citizen without a valid reason. It is hard to fix their unconscious minds, which automatically separated president Barack Obama from being a real citizen. People that participated in the survey could not explain the reason why they think that his provided documents must have been forged.