because I haven't spent too much time here lately.
But ANYONE on DU who praises Nixon over Obama is no Dem I know ... or ever want to.
I was there when Nixon was Veep, when he ran against Kennedy (and lost!!!!), against Humphrey and against McGovern (where he won 
), leaving Democratic devastation in his wake and laying the groundwork for the dysfunctional USA of today. I once had an opportunity to meet him in person ... and refused to do so.
He was one of the biggest obstacles to US recognition of so-called "Red" China for decades. It is a travesty that he was actually the one under whom relations between our two countries improved.
It was also on his watch that the Chicago School "tested" its cockamamie theories in South America - check out Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine for one. There are so many other reasons why I still loathe and detest Nixon that if I continued, this could become a magnum opus. 
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