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nothing. Luckily for Nixon, his political reign was just about over, but he lost all respect he gained from his terms in office. Nixon did achieve 2 out of 3 of his goals though. His first goal was to win an election by a landslide. He did this in the election of 1972. This also shows that he would try and sabotage the Democrats’ campaign by illegal acts. His second goal was to be remembered as a peacemaker. With the controversy of the Watergate scandal, many Americans probably won’t remember him for that. His last goal was to be the most memorable president. For this reason, a theory that he was the elusive Deep Throat character was created. It is believed that Nixon leaked the information to the reporters at the Post so that generations to come would learn about Nixon and

the Watergate scandal.