Bottom line: He was, too. The next Sunday marked the 40th anniversary of Nixon's appearance in front of the APME in Orlando, a nationally-televised press conference in which he made that famous statement. I went back to the transcripts, picked out a few interesting quotes and factoids and put the entire thing into perspective with the timeline down the right side of the page. One fun thing: The Watergate scandal was in full swing at this time. Yet, Nixon still managed to make a couple of self-effacing wisecracks about it. I made sure to include them. Nov. 15, 2013.