Subject: Re: Institutionalized corruption
...Watergate was the biggest political event going on then, one of the biggest political events in history.

Sure. But was it bigger than the war protests? I had a teenage brother of draft age, and I can tell you that I was far more aware of the war protests than I was Watergate (granted, I'm thinking of '72-'73, since my brother died before the impeachment, though not before the incident itself). The country was convulsing with anti-war demonstrations. And, as wzambon pointed out, in '74 we were in the early stages of the fall of Saigon.

I'm not diminishing the Watergate scandal (and such famous quotes as "if the President does it, then it's legal"). But it was nestled in one of the most convulsive, divisive environments in our history. The only reason Nixon won was the racist Southern Strategy (yet another divisive issue, roiling our nation).

Like I said...there was a lot going on, and some of it was NOT trivial. IMO, Watergate was just one of several significant issues/events going on at the time.

As I said in another post, I would admire (and expect) officials to do what we elected them to do. If the Felon was a Dem (which, as I recall, he has been at different points in his life), I would fully support impeachment of him. Doesn't matter if he's "on my team". He has no regard for democracy and rule of law, so he must go. Whether impeachment, or the 25th Amendment...he must go.