George Bush actually said...

"And when he thought that the nation needed to put Watergate behind us, he made the tough and decent decision to pardon President Nixon, even though that decision probably cost him the presidential ele..."

"the plan calls for sending 20,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq in a scheme being called -- what they're calling surge and accelerate."

"When President Nixon needed to replace a vice president who had resigned in scandal, he naturally turned to a man whose name was a synonym for integrity, Gerald R. Ford."

"We have some late information coming in tonight about President Bush's new strategy for Iraq."