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7. I quite admire Nixon. There's a lot to like about the man.

Reply to ucrdem (Original post)

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 09:23 PM

Nov 2014

To my mind he could have been among our top five Presidents. And yeah, unlike Obama who is a neoliberal technocrat, Nixon was a true liberal.

Unfortunately, then there's Nixon's dark side which just totally obliterates all the good he tried to do. The worst of it was deliberately interfering with the Paris peace talks in 1968.

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Nixon lost to JFK in 1960. Two Kennedy murders later, in 1968, he won. [View all] ucrdem Nov 2014 OP

He was a total bastard...but he also had a streak of Tory Reformer in him... First Speaker Nov 2014 #1

I think it is long past time that the Guaranteed Annual Income rurallib Nov 2014 #2

Yes, I suppose the bar had been raised by the Kennedys, and Nixon and LBJ tried to meet it ucrdem Nov 2014 #4

The Great Society gave us a decade of race riots? Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #6

Watts, Detroit, and Newark all happened under LBJ. ucrdem Nov 2014 #9

Watts was the 1960s version of the Rodney King riots Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #12

And...how many black leaders like Medgar Evers were killed prior to that? Archae Nov 2014 #14

Yes and no. ucrdem Nov 2014 #16

It seems that way, but it isn't LeftInTX Nov 2014 #20

So Nixon killed Kennedys? nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2014 #3

Call it a fortuitous circumstance. ucrdem Nov 2014 #5

Actually, there were three presidential contenders against Nixon who were shot Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #15

And it was certainly fortuitous for Nixon that Wallace was removed from contention. hedda_foil Nov 2014 #28

I quite admire Nixon. There's a lot to like about the man. unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #7

Well . . . I've never come across any evidence of Nixon's liberality. ucrdem Nov 2014 #13

helen gahagan douglas ring a bell? niyad Nov 2014 #18

Wanna see what happens to populists? Especially a strong woman? jtuck004 Nov 2014 #25

I seems strange to read what you posted upaloopa Nov 2014 #26

It seems strange to me that most people on DU don't know what a liberal is. unrepentant progress Nov 2014 #29

That's absurd. Nixon was a conservative, a red baiting commie hunter who destroyed liberal people Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #31

perhaps you could give us your definitions of liberal and progressive. might help us to niyad Nov 2014 #32

Well looks like some people have their own upaloopa Nov 2014 #34

DU rec... SidDithers Nov 2014 #8

Thanks Sid... ucrdem Nov 2014 #11

I wasn't aware that Nixon was being lauded on DU. Who knew? nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #10

Nixon a liberal?!? Tricky Dick? love_katz Nov 2014 #17

He was an anti Semite The Wizard Nov 2014 #22

apparently I have missed some supreme idiocy. care to provide a link? I need the laugh. niyad Nov 2014 #19

It's typical CTer bullshit. Imply something and run for the hills when called on it. nt Dreamer Tatum Nov 2014 #24

Coincidence? I think not. Beowulf42 Nov 2014 #21

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Nixon was only a fascist mylye2222 Nov 2014 #33

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