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6. Yes, I think Nixon is a fascinating subject--on LBJ...
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 03:56 PM
Jul 2014

His White House tapes if anything (I think) have enhanced his reputation to a great extent (while, so far the Nixon tapes, imho, diminishes his). With LBJ tapes you really get to see a man who was involved and truly concerned about Civil Rights and poverty. You also get to see a real political wheeler dealer at work--somebody who knew how to get votes. Even on Vietnam in the early tapes you see a skeptical LBJ (esp in March of 1965) asking all the right ?'s about Vietnam and it is actually the advisors he inherited from JFK (the so-called "Best and the Brightest&quot who are the ones who are the most hawkish. It's a shame that he didn't stand up to them if he did have ?'s about U.S. action or sought more outside information. Truly without Vietnam Johnson would be one of the five greatest presidents of all-time.

The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all] H2O Man Jul 2014 OP
As I was posting this, H2O Man Jul 2014 #1
Good kids indeed. panader0 Jul 2014 #8
Nothing like it H2O Man Jul 2014 #11
K & R nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2014 #2
Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2014 #12
K and R. Did you hear John Dean on NPR this am? n/t Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #3
I didn't. H2O Man Jul 2014 #13
I was surprised by how energetic he is. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #19
What do you think H2O Man Jul 2014 #27
My image of him is frozen in time: '73 Watergate hearings. Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #32
Thanks H2O Man lovemydog Jul 2014 #4
One of my H2O Man Jul 2014 #14
The nature of Nixon is an endlessly interesting thing. hifiguy Jul 2014 #5
Right. H2O Man Jul 2014 #15
One of the most despicable things Nixon did hifiguy Jul 2014 #31
Yes, I think Nixon is a fascinating subject--on LBJ... WI_DEM Jul 2014 #6
To this day hifiguy Jul 2014 #7
absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities bigtree Jul 2014 #9
True! H2O Man Jul 2014 #16
The Nixon Tapes: 1971 -1972 crazyward Jul 2014 #10
Sounds good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #21
So many bad things sprouted from Nixon's corrupted, toxic swamp. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #17
Indeed, they did. H2O Man Jul 2014 #22
Nixon was one sick fu*k of a President. Major Hogwash Jul 2014 #18
Very well-said! H2O Man Jul 2014 #24
PBS' History Detectives MinM Jul 2014 #20
Very good! H2O Man Jul 2014 #25
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus, WinkyDink Jul 2014 #23
Ah, now I feel better! H2O Man Jul 2014 #26
I'm Class of '71; my 19th birthday was Election Day '68. When I was 10, I quit Girl Scouts because WinkyDink Jul 2014 #33
Very interesting! H2O Man Jul 2014 #35
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped WinkyDink Aug 2014 #40
I think the Anna Chennault Affair of 1968 is the key to Watergate... First Speaker Jul 2014 #28
I was thunderstruck the first time I read the Anna Chennault story hifiguy Jul 2014 #30
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it WinkyDink Jul 2014 #34
Pat Buchanan has new book out on Nixon... KoKo Jul 2014 #29
Nixon was a protege`of none other than hootinholler Jul 2014 #36
Nixon was a saint compared to that line of 'Texans.' Octafish Jul 2014 #37
Surely the Baron would have been the mentor? hootinholler Jul 2014 #38
Nixon remembered what Willie Sutton said... Octafish Aug 2014 #39
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