Nixon, Watergate and 39 years ago today…
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An entire generation or two has grown up without knowing what it's like to have a president leave the White House in disgrace.
A few hours later, Gerald Ford took office...
The new "era of good feeling" lasted a month. And then he pardoned the former president.
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