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PatSeg

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15. I don't know why

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 4, 2018, 07:56 AM

Jun 2018

it had never dawned on me. Yes, Pat Nixon did look very sad and I had assumed it was because her husband was overbearing and emotionally abusive. All the symptoms of spousal abuse were there. Nixon was angry and paranoid, plus he was drinking a lot.

I remember that time and people did not talk publicly about domestic abuse. No journalist would have written about it. It was something that was whispered in private, if even that.

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It is hideous enough that Nixon was such a crook but... Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #1

I wish I could say I was surprised by this re: Nixon. Pat Nixon always stuck me as a sad hlthe2b Jun 2018 #2

Yeah. She always did look haunted and weary. So very sad all around. Guilded Lilly Jun 2018 #3

And silent Freddie Jun 2018 #4

I don't know why PatSeg Jun 2018 #15

Nixon didn't hit his wife. She accidentally and repeatedly placed her face in front of his fist! TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #5

"Nixon didn't make policy decisions because of his bad marriage" Delmette2.0 Jun 2018 #6

indeed it does.. mountain grammy Jun 2018 #12

At that time it was covertly acceptable to lunatica Jun 2018 #7

I'm so sorry for what happened to you and for the fact that such behavior was considered smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #8

Thank you lunatica Jun 2018 #10

Yes, you're right, that's how it was.. mountain grammy Jun 2018 #14

Dear God Me. Jun 2018 #17

Thank you lunatica Jun 2018 #19

Words Really Can Be So Inept At Times Me. Jun 2018 #20

Does Melanie have a black eye? moondust Jun 2018 #9

Who knows? Staph Jun 2018 #11

republican "family values" come from Siberian cesspools Achilleaze Jun 2018 #13

Did Not View The Incident As A Crime Me. Jun 2018 #16

K&R. nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #18

This is so telling--and common, even today: tblue37 Jun 2018 #21