Nixon was forced to resign because he broke the law, fired the investigator when he got too close to the truth, and then tried to pervert the principle of executive privilege to withhold evidence. There was certainly a media frenzy over this, and he defied that scrutiny at every turn, but the end it was bipartisan impeachment that forced his resignation, not the press. Clinton did wrong, and his evasive testimony was shameful, but the nature of what each man had done and was lying about couldn't have been more different in terms of personal versus national impact. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 18:17, 31 July 2008 (EDT) | Nixon was forced to resign because he broke the law, fired the investigator when he got too close to the truth, and then tried to pervert the principle of executive privilege to withhold evidence. There was certainly a media frenzy over this, and he defied that scrutiny at every turn, but the end it was bipartisan impeachment that forced his resignation, not the press. Clinton did wrong, and his evasive testimony was shameful, but the nature of what each man had done and was lying about couldn't have been more different in terms of personal versus national impact. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 18:17, 31 July 2008 (EDT) |