Reply #36: Nixon supporters -- and there were more of them [View All]

[SheilaT]

than you young'uns realize -- were absolutely convinced he was railroaded by a biased liberal press.

How well I remember the resignation speech. I was working at National Airport (DCA) as an airline ticket agent at the time, and in my ten years there I NEVER saw it so quiet. Everyone was watching the speech. I even seem to think airplanes due to push back from the gate at that time stayed to watch/listen to the speech.

All the way through, despite solid rumors all day that he was definitely resigning, I feared he wouldn't and when he said, "I've never been a quitter" I thought, uh,oh. He's staying. Even now, every time I hear that speech, I'm afraid all over again he won't resign.