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Greywing

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20. Nixon was absolutely horrible - don't try to revise history

Reply to BGBD (Original post)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 02:41 PM

Jan 2021

During the Joseph McCarthy era he was avid member of the un-american committee. Only denounced McCarthy after Eisenhower forced him to. I was born in 1956 and still remember discussion about Nixon in my extended family when he ran against JFK.

He only ended Viet Nam war as part of a re-election ploy after talking about a secret plan in 1968 to win the election.

I don't compare Nixon to Trump at all. Nixon was horrible in his own right. Trump is indescribably evil.

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Its not fair to compare Trump to Nixon [View all] BGBD Jan 2021 OP

And Nixon, for all his faults, loved his country dawg day Jan 2021 #1

Trump doesn't give a SH** about anything but himself, a true sociopathic narcissist. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2021 #4

Like a lot of others here, I lived through Nixon and I sort of agree, but... TreasonousBastard Jan 2021 #2

Nixon did not establish the EPA Yeehah Jan 2021 #3

I don't think that is accurate. Nixon did propose the establishment of the EPA. CentralMass Jan 2021 #7

I was there. Yeehah Jan 2021 #14

The Democrats did not have a veto proof majority at any point between 1969 and 1974. (eom) StevieM Jan 2021 #13

I stand corrected Yeehah Jan 2021 #16

I am no fan of Nixon, but he wasn't as bad as Reagan when it came to environmental issues. StevieM Jan 2021 #19

Very True nam78_two Jan 2021 #5

Nixon was terrible. Laelth Jan 2021 #6

Thats not true BGBD Jan 2021 #12

Donald Trump is a traitor to the United States. dalton99a Jan 2021 #8

Nixon was awful. Most of the "good" things he's credited with The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #9

THIS is absolutely true FakeNoose Jan 2021 #22

Nixon was awful, I remember Watergate all too well. relayerbob Jan 2021 #10

Trump is the ultimate freak of nature njhoneybadger Jan 2021 #11

Nobody ever accused Nixon of being a fucking moron. Paladin Jan 2021 #15

Nixon had a Democratic Congress and a GOP run by sane people to check his worst impulses. Eugene Jan 2021 #17

Here they are together andym Jan 2021 #18

I can yank several pictures of Bill Clinton with Trump... Xolodno Jan 2021 #27

Your argument is not convincing, Nixon was our first disgraced President andym Jan 2021 #29

Disagree. Xolodno Jan 2021 #31

Nixon was absolutely horrible - don't try to revise history Greywing Jan 2021 #20

In terms of the destructiveness of their presidential abuses, Nixon is to Trump... FreepFryer Jan 2021 #21

This thread is making some waves BGBD Jan 2021 #23

Nixon panicked. Xolodno Jan 2021 #28

Didn't Nixon win a second term? Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2021 #24

Nixon won BGBD Jan 2021 #25

What did the GOP learn moondust Jan 2021 #26

Agreed. Plus Nixon wasn't an idiot Rice4VP Jan 2021 #30