The Day Nixon Resigned

Nowadays, high school history books tell students that the Watergate episode and Nixon’s resignation prove that the US way of government works. Personally, I think that the real indicator of how (and for whom) the system works is Gerald Ford’s pardon of the man the following month.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/08/09/in-memory-of-deep-throat/

here is the speech itself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM