Give this a listen and you will.

A lot of the current Masters of the Universe (Rumsfeld, Cheney, etc) made it to the big leagues in the Ford Administration. Most held lower-level positions under Nixon and took a step up when the house was cleaned. Ford also placed Bush Sr. at the CIA, though to what extent this played into his later political career is questionable.

Anyway, one has to wonder what would have happened had Nixon not been brought down by Watergate.