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97, the alt-history of not pardoning Nixon likely goes something like this.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Nov 2 '24, 18:59

Ford wins reelection, but because he took over prior to the halfway part of a term, he can't run again in 1980. Assume the same foreign economic disaster happens & Iran....the Democrats likely win in 1980 since Reagan can't run against Carter's failures.

Reagan's rise is postponed at least 4 years and might never come to pass given how the economy took off in 1982-83 after the inflation subsided.

I think it's plausible that that decision impacted more than just about any decision in the last 50 years outside of the Elian Gonzalez return.

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I'm not sure I buy that (kitchen table economics and all) but I'm interested in the broader effect. - ty97 Nov 2, 20:41 2
- I could be convinced if the pardon came with the price of a guilty plea, not an anticipatory one. -- (edited) - znufrii Nov 2, 21:09 1
  - Yup -- nm - mara Nov 3, 04:17

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97, the alt-history of not pardoning Nixon likely goes something like this.

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