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I watched some of tonight's events. It was actually very nice, tasteful, or at least as tasteful as a large scale event can be. The pause of the hearse in front of the WWII Veterans Memorial was nice, as was mounting the Capitol Steps, and the pause in front of the House Chamber. Also, the touch of leaving the doors to the House Chamber open with the Chamber lit as if in business was enough to bring a tear to the eye.
I don't know if "greatness" is a word that can be applied to his presidency, despite the number of times newsreaders said "Helped the nation heal from Watergate," etc. He did that, I think, by being relatively inoffensive in his short time in office. I view the Nixon pardon as a piece of political engineering, which would have occured no matter who was in office at that time.
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