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1972 Election

1972 Election. CREEP. Triumph of the Dark Side. 1972. (R) Richard Nixon VP – Spiro Agnew. CREEP. (D) George McGovern. ISSUES. Vietnam War Nixon had escalated the war to end it…bombing Cambodia and Laos

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1972 Election

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  1. 1972 Election CREEP Triumph of the Dark Side

  2. 1972 • (R) Richard Nixon • VP – Spiro Agnew CREEP • (D) George McGovern

  3. ISSUES • Vietnam War • Nixon had escalated the war to end it…bombing Cambodia and Laos • While we withdrew troops, the ones left there invaded Cambodia in search of Ho Chi Minh Trail • McGovern was “peace-nik”… dove, tried to be hip, cool, appeal to youth CREEP

  4. CREEP • Committee to ReElect the President • Unofficial campaign organization working on Nixon’s reelection • Used dirty tricks and illegal monies to fund and direct campaign • Train… pizza… shoes… wiretaps… bribes… spying

  5. Spiro Agnew • In 1973 in was discovered that VP Agnew, while governor of Maryland, took bribes, laundered money and was guilty of tax evasion • October 1973 Agnew resigns • Nixon appoints Gerald Ford to replace him…Senate confirms Ford Gerald Ford Spiro Agnew

  6. Watergate • During 1972 campaign CREEP broke into Democratic Headquarters (located in the Watergate Hotel and office complex in DC) • Gordon Liddy and others were arrested • Nixon denied any knowledge of the crime • By 1973 rumors began to surface that Nixon participated in the cover-up

  7. Watergate • Nixon began to hold press conferences… “I am not a crook”… • Congressional committees and Independent Prosecutor investigated • Witnesses implicated Nixon • Whitehouse tapes also had incriminating evidence • Nixon refused to turn over tapes

  8. Watergate • Supreme Court intervened… • Tapes doomed Nixon, who continued to lie • As House of Reps prepared impeachment … Nixon Resigned … August 9, 1974 • Gerald Ford becomes President • Using Constitutional power of Pardon, Ford Pardons Nixon • Ford appoints Nelson Rockefeller VP

  9. Aftermath • USA now had BOTH a President and Vice President who were not elected • The pardoning of Nixon left Ford politically impotent

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