do you think the world would be any different if Watergate never happened?

[nageov3t]

I'm reading Watchmen, and it kinda has me wondering.... do you think the world would be any different if Watergate had never happened?

 

[Willoughbyva]

People's view of the governement would be a little different.

 

[Rebasxer]

The media would still be less intrusive, before Watergate the media never tried to investigate every little crack in a person, and they never tried to assinate people's character. Now anything for the media is a story, even if it means destroying a person.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

im sure something would be different

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: Rebasxer
The media would still be less intrusive, before Watergate the media never tried to investigate every little crack in a person, and they never tried to assinate people's character. Now anything for the media is a story, even if it means destroying a person.

:thumbsup:

 

[Wallydraigle]

We wouldn't have all these retarded -gate names everytime somebody rips somebody off.

 

[So]

The republicans would be in much worse shape, and the US would be more or less socialist today.

 

[IronWing]

Really hard to say. The ultimate lesson of Watergate was that Presidents can break the law with impunity. Nixon resigned of his own free will. Ford pardoned him before the justice system could even evaluate Nixon's actions. The result has been Presidents engaging in every kind of illegal behavior from lying about sex to war crimes.

 

[Kalbi]

Originally posted by: So
The republicans would be in much worse shape, and the US would be more or less socialist today.

Are you kidding? Jimmy Carter would have never won and the Democratic party would have been no more.

 

[NakaNaka]

Originally posted by: Kalbi

Originally posted by: So
The republicans would be in much worse shape, and the US would be more or less socialist today.

Are you kidding? Jimmy Carter would have never won and the Democratic party would have been no more.

An overstatement on both of your parts.