Westfield Remembers the Resignation of President Richard Nixon

This weekend marked 35 years since Richard M. Nixon resigned as the nation's 37th president and Gerald R. Ford took the oath of office as the nation's only unelected chief executive. With Nixon's resignation being back in the news this year with the "Frost-Nixon" movie, Westfield Patch talked with people gathered at the Memorial Pool on Monday morning to hear their thoughts on a period in the nation's history which was marked thirty five years ago on Sunday when President Ford said "Our long national nightmare is over."

Question

Sunday was the 35th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon as the 37th President of the United States, what are your thoughts on President Nixon's resignation and this period in our nation's history?

Answers

"I think that's the turning point when the public stopped trusting politicians and that hasn't changed." - Richard Isenberg

"It was part of our history. I feel that it follows along with our theory that a lot of politicians are not honest to the public. It continues today in New Jersey." - Judy Reifer

"We've learned a lot about Nixon since then. He did significant things for our country. In time we will learn more about the good and the bad things he did. He did a lot for our relationship with China." - Jennifer Grill

"It was appropriate for him to resign." - Steve Chaney

"I was recently watching the Frost-Nixon interview and he seemed to be slowly giving away all the secrets and making it seem not as bad as what it really was. Eventually he gave it all away. That was a good interview." - Amelia Morbito

"Good for him for resigning. Bush should have done the same." Meredith Bridge