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motherjones: Kind of an important omission. Always proofread, friends - even a tweet - ESPECIALLY on a story as significant and tragic as this.

motherjones:

Kind of an important omission. Always proofread, friends - even a tweet - ESPECIALLY on a story as significant and tragic as this.

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politicalprof:

That Nixon waves a victory salute at the door of the helicopter taking him away from the White House just before his resignation takes effect makes this video both pitiful and satisfying. For the victory was ours, not his.

Notably, when Nixon got to Andrews Air Force Base to fly back to California, his resignation was not yet in effect. Accordingly, he was still the President of the United States and boarded Air Force One for the journey. However, about halfway home his resignation went into effect, and since he was no longer President, the airplane he was on could no longer be designated AIr Force One. This led to a mostly forgotten moment in American history, when the Air Force pilot flying Nixon home called to Kansas City air traffic control with the request, “‘Kansas City, this was Air Force One. Will you change our call sign to SAM 27000?”

And so power passed peacefully and successfully in the greatest known scandal of presidential abuse of power in American history.

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politicalprof:

Nixon’s resignation speech, August 8, 1974.

Politicalprof was only 10 when this happened, but let me tell you: it was a hell of a thing. The government and people of the United States were able to overcome the corruption and abuses of the President of the United States. Sometimes the right thing can happen even when it hurts.

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garp: Geraldine Hoff Doyle, was a 17 years (in 1942) while she was working at the American Broach & Machine Co. when a photographer snapped a pic of her on the job. That image used by J. Howard Miller for the “We Can Do It!” poster, released during World War II. 

garp:

Geraldine Hoff Doyle, was a 17 years (in 1942) while she was working at the American Broach & Machine Co. when a photographer snapped a pic of her on the job.

That image used by J. Howard Miller for the “We Can Do It!” poster, released during World War II. 

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