I was in my teens when Nixon made his famous “I am not a
crook” speech. I wanted to believe him. I was disturbed by the very idea
someone holding the highest office in the land could be a thief and a liar.
Most of my friends and teachers were ready to hang him in effigy – several for
the simple act of being republican. Though the “smoking gun” linking Nixon to
the Watergate break-in was never found, it became more and more obvious in the ensuing
months he’d orchestrated many events just as damning. What I didn’t know about
this speech until very recently was WHERE it happened. Nixon’s resignation took place at the White House, but when he claimed not to be a crook, he was at a
press conference in the Ballroom of the Americas at Disney’s Contemporary
Resort – with guests boarding the Monorail to the Magic Kingdom just yards away.
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