Was the "smoking gun" tape that brought down Nixon full of "blanks"?

Comment:

The author claims that Nixon did not have to resign, nor did he have to be impeached.  The system failed to render justice.

Chilling that it could happen again.

Nixon’s Watergate defense lawyers completely misinterpreted the tape, and their mistake ended his presidency.https://t.co/zsduYvbYfG

— The American Spectator (@amspectator) August 9, 2019