Maybe not a big deal for today's young adults, but for my generation it was transformational...
the image and the constitutional powers of the Presidency
the coverage by the press and the 1st Amendment
the daily national coverage of Congress debating impeachment
even the perception of Nixon's foreign policy achievements (China)
And the battle over Nixon's image continues...
NY Times article...
Watergate Becomes Sore Point at Nixon Library
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: August 6, 2010
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YORBA LINDA, Calif. — The sign at the entrance to the largest exhibition room devoted to a single subject at the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum reads “Watergate.” But on Friday, the exhibit was nearly empty, dominated by a 30-foot blank slate of a wall that is testimony to a new battle set off by this still-polarizing former president: how to mark the scandal that forced him from office 36 years ago.
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But the Nixon Foundation — a group of Nixon loyalists who controlled this museum until the National Archives took it over three years ago — described it as unfair and distorted, and requested that the archives not approve the exhibition until its objections are addressed.
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The foundation’s resistance marks the latest chapter in a long and uncomfortable history between the Nixon loyalists and the National Archives as it seeks to bring the Nixon library, along with an archive of papers and tapes, into the presidential library system.
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