1957: Richard Nixon Almost Became President. 1974: Fox News Could Have Protected Him

An entirely different place in history. Debating Nixon

Instead of the bitter, cynical, corrupt, ultimately defeated crook that Richard Nixon went down in history as when he became the only president to resign the presidency in 1974, he might have played an entirely different role on the national stage and in American history. In short, except for fate, Richard Nixon’s role, reputation, and legacy could have been entirely different.

In 1957, when President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a stroke, Nixon almost assumed the presidency,