July 30, 2023
Watergate vs. Bidengate
By Mark C. Ross
Dialing the time machine back to 1972, we find a previous presidential scandal. Though not directly involved, Richard Nixon was the focus of blame. A handful of operatives in Nixon's campaign and administration performed a "third-rate burglary" at the opposition's headquarters. Several of those involved avoided using their first names. Instead, they were G. Gordon Liddy, E. Howard Hunt, and L. Patrick Gray.
Most curious in this affair was the lack of a serious motive. Nixon's re-election was a solid inevitability. Not all that long after the Watergate break-in hit the news, Nixon carried 49 states, and McGovern didn't even carry his home state of South Dakota. It seems most likely that internal polling would have been aware of this. Once the scandal became full blown, "Don't Blame Me I'm from Massachusetts" bumper stickers started appearing — referencing the only state along with D.C. that went for McGovern.
A lasting effect of the election of 1972 is that primary elections have replaced nominating conventions as the way both parties usually select their candidates. Ostensibly, this is supposed to be more democratic — but it has also drastically increased the hunger for campaign contributions, since there is almost twice as much campaigning to be done. An aspect of an unintended anti-democratic effect of this transition is that the larger money sources, such as George Soros, have strengthened their grip on the process.
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