Babu shakka cewa shawarar da tsohon babban jami'in FBI Mark Felt ya yanke na ba da bayanai ga mai ba da rahoto na Washington Post Bob Woodward a farkon shekarun 70s shine muhimmin bangare na abin da ya kai ga murabus din Richard Nixon daga ofis a watan Agusta na 1974. Amma, ba mamaki, Kafofin watsa labaru na kamfanoni sun bar ainihin abin da ya haifar da wannan sakamakon: ra'ayi da ayyukan jama'ar Amurka a tushe.
Daga faduwar 1973 zuwa faduwar 1974 ina daya daga cikin masu gudanar da yakin neman zaben tsige Nixon na kasa (NCIN). A cikin ƴan gajerun watanni, wannan ƙoƙarin ya ƙaru har ya haɗa da abokan hulɗar aiki a cikin jihohi 33 da birane da garuruwa sama da 100. A cikin watanni uku na Fabrairu, Maris da Afrilu na 1974, mun shirya taron kasa-da-kasa a Washington, D.C., taron kasa a Chicago da zanga-zangar kasa ta mutane 10,000 a D.C. a ranar 27 ga Afrilu wanda ya sami yada yada labarai.
Idan aka waiwayi sama da shekaru talatin bayan haka, yana da sauƙi a yi tunanin murabus ɗin Nixon ya ƙare ne da zarar Woodward da Deep Throat suka haɗu kuma aka fara bayyana ɓoyayyiyar ɓarna da ɓarna a ɓangaren gwamnatin Nixon. Amma ba haka lamarin yake ba.
Akwai fitattun masu sassaucin ra'ayi, alal misali, waɗanda suka nuna adawa da tsigewar a bainar jama'a bisa dalilin cewa zai fi kyau a sami rauni Nixon a ofis fiye da Gerald Ford, Mataimakin Shugaban Nixon. Wannan ita ce hujjar da Nicholas Von Hoffman, mawallafin Washington Post ya yi, a wani yanki da aka buga a ranar 26 ga Disamba, 1973.
Ni da mai kula da NCIN na, Kitty Tucker, da na rubuta martani ga Hoffman da aka buga a cikin Janairu 12th, 1974 Post. Mun ce a can cewa, "Mun yi imani da mabuɗin 'wadannan bukatu ɗaya' (wanda Nixon da Ford ke wakilta) ana adawa da su sosai, mabuɗin don zama Majalisar da ke da alhakin, motsi ne na 'yan ƙasa a cikin birane da garuruwan wannan ƙasa. Wannan yunkuri na kallon kare hakkinmu da tsarin mulki ya ba mu a matsayin muhimmin fifiko. An tilasta wa Majalisa ta matsawa kan tsigewar saboda yawan zanga-zangar da aka yi bayan Mr. Nixon ya kori mai gabatar da kara na musamman [Archibald] Cox a ranar 20 ga Oktoba, 1973.
"Mun yi imanin cewa ba da izinin cin zarafin Richard Nixon ba tare da gurfanar da shi ba zai kafa babban abin koyi ga shugabannin da ke gaba. . . Yayin da ake aiwatar da tsige Richard Nixon wasu zaratan cin zarafi na mulki dole ne a nuna su. . ., don haka yin abu ɗaya da wahala a nan gaba. Kuma idan, a cikin aiwatar da tsigewar, an gina wani motsi wanda ya ki amincewa da sarakunan daular ko kuma gwamnatocin da ba su da demokradiyya, 'wadannan muradun' da Ford ke wakilta zai yi wuya a samu hanyarsu."
Nixon yana fuskantar babban matsin lamba don yin murabus yayin da 1974 ya samo asali kuma an tuhumi wasu ƴan ƙasa kuma an yanke musu hukunci. Sai dai yana da wasu ‘yan karewa, masu sharhi kan harkokin siyasa da kungiyoyi da suke yin abin da za su iya domin su yi kokarin tsige shi a matsayin wani babban makarkashiyar da aka kulla na raunata ofishin Shugaban kasa. Ƙungiya mai suna "Amurka don Shugabancin Ƙasa," alal misali, tare da masu tallafawa kamar Norman Vincent Peale da Bob Hope, sun fitar da tallace-tallace masu cikakken shafi a kusa da jaridu 50 na Lahadi.
Kuma waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun yi tasiri. Bayan harbe-harben Cox, Wakilin Thomas Rees na California yana karɓar wasiƙar 80-20 akan Nixon. A tsakiyar Afrilu na 1974 ya kasance 60-40 don goyon baya. Wakilin Don Riegle na saƙon Michigan ya tafi daga cin zarafi mai ƙarfi zuwa 50-50.
A cikin wata sanarwar manema labarai da Kungiyar Kamfen na Tsige Nixon ta fitar a daidai lokacin da za a yi tattakin ranar 27 ga Afrilu a Washington, mun ce, "Tsarin Shugaba Nixon ya zama dole, amma ba lallai ba ne ya faru. Yayin da binciken kwamitin shari’a na majalisar ya ci gaba, bayan duk wa’adin da aka diba, sai ya kara fitowa fili cewa al’amuran shari’a da da’a na tsige majalisar sun mamaye majalisar saboda damuwar siyasar bangaranci. 'Yan jam'iyyar Republican na kallon tsigewar da ido daya kan akwatin zabe, kuma 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat sun fahimci cewa za su iya cin gajiyar samun Richard Nixon a kan karagar mulki na tsawon shekaru biyu. Idan Majalisa ta ba da damar yin amfani da doka na Fadar White House don ci gaba a lokacin bazara, akwai kyakkyawar dama za a ba Nixon damar kammala wa'adinsa. "
Abin farin ciki, haɗuwa da ci gaba da matsananciyar shahara da doka kuma, ba da daɗewa ba bayan zanga-zangarmu, fallasa tsarin rikodin kaset na Oval Office wanda a ƙarshe ya kai ga goge mahimman mintuna 18 akan ɗayansu, a ƙarshe ya tilasta Nixon yayi murabus.
A cikin wani yanayi na siyasa daban, bayyanar kwanan nan na memo na 2002 Downing Street yakamata yayi tasiri iri ɗaya da waɗancan kaset ɗin Oval Office. Wannan tabbaci na niyyar fadar White House ta aikata laifi na yin yaki da Iraki ba tare da wani dalili na shari'a ba ya kamata ya haifar da sabon yunkurin tsige shi. Waɗannan alaƙa da Watergate ne mu masu gwagwarmayar tabbatar da adalci da zaman lafiya dole ne mu yi.
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