Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for April 25, 2014

One thing Watergate did was bring to an end the recording of conversations and meetings in the Oval Office.Every President since FDR had recording devices for posterity. They wanted the world to know — at some time in the future — the inner workings of their Presidency.Watergate brought an end to that.-Leonard is Leonard Garment, Nixon’s White House Counsel.

@ne7minder55Yeah, the longer the war, the more money being made. Also, voters tend to stick with the prez they have during conflicts. I could be wrong but maybe that’s one reason why Bush 41 wasn’t reelected and one reason why Bush 43 was reelected. Nixon prolonged the war and was reelected.

They must have needed many excellent criminal attorneys on call during the Nixon administration.

Well, I said they needed them.

And here I thought he was referring to the ethnic slurs that were commonplace in that WH.

Nixon was incapable of candid remarks, and his only “frank” remarks were directed to men named “Frank”…….

@Mightaswellbe question, I never left.

Phred the Terrorist makes that clear in a very memorable strip. Hasn’t been reprinted here yet.

@Sue LesterYes, and here’s another, “Dick Nixon before he dicks you.”

Or, as Bob Dole once said of three ex-Presidents,Carter, Ford and Nixon – “See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.”

Or….it could be interpreted correctly ;)

Not a lower body.A separate branch of government.