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hifiguy

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15. Nixon was a rotten SOB, and there's no way to avoid that

Thu Dec 18, 2014, 08:39 PM

Dec 2014

judgment of history. I hated Nixon's guts and still do. It has to be remembered that Nixon's issues were always personal ones. All about trying to get the people he thought had kept him down. It never would have crossed his mind, say what you will about him, to try to dismantle the New Deal or cut Social Security, something Obama has at least tacitly put on the table.

But I am talking SOLELY about policy, not personalities.

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Is Barack Obama a "Liberal Republican"........Or, Something Else? [View all] KoKo Dec 2014 OP

Comparing Obama to Nixon is obscene. NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #1

I was at a Nixon campaign event in Dayton OH upaloopa Dec 2014 #4

Obama has claimed the power to execute U.S. citizens without due process. Maedhros Dec 2014 #35

Once Nixon left Vietnam, he did not go back in. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #65

Uhhhh, it was Obama himself who said that in many ways Nixon was more liberal than he (Obama) is LondonReign2 Dec 2014 #67

From this liberal's view, it ain't pretty. polichick Dec 2014 #2

But he's a socialist Muslim commy. ErikJ Dec 2014 #3

The jury has spoken unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #5

Juror #2 brought up an interesting point... blue neen Dec 2014 #17

It's just a context sensitive prepositional phrase. unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #22

Thanks for the explanation. blue neen Dec 2014 #23

No, no comma *after* "which." But "which" is a relative pronoun, so tblue37 Dec 2014 #33

Many thanks. blue neen Dec 2014 #51

"In which" is a prepositional phrase, but the clause thus introduced is a tblue37 Dec 2014 #32

Which Thespian2 Dec 2014 #34

. blue neen Dec 2014 #52

Policy wise he is just a bit to the right of one Richard M. Nixon. hifiguy Dec 2014 #6

He is not to the right of Nixon, dont be silly NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #8

Nixon hated the "Eastern Establishment" with a passion. hifiguy Dec 2014 #12

If they told him to, he would have. If Nixon were president today he would make NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #14

Nixon was a rotten SOB, and there's no way to avoid that hifiguy Dec 2014 #15

Obama knew they were never going to bite, it was a gamble but a good one. NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #16

I voted for Obama in 2008 with more enthusiasm than I had ever brought hifiguy Dec 2014 #18

+1. MAJOR Disappointment when He appointed Geithner and Bernanke. The results are evident... adirondacker Dec 2014 #19

The mask came off with the Geithner and HRC appointments hifiguy Dec 2014 #20

Exactly the way I see it dreamnightwind Dec 2014 #25

On the bright side, the Democratic nominee in 2016 tblue37 Dec 2014 #38

My memory of him, also....n/t KoKo Dec 2014 #31

Personally I'd agree unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #9

* He just normalized relations with Cuba KamaAina Dec 2014 #7

And quite literally something no Democrat in the past 50 years conceived of either unrepentant progress Dec 2014 #11

And Nixon went to China LondonReign2 Dec 2014 #68

Obama is a company man Slim Pickens Dec 2014 #10

Every last word of THIS. hifiguy Dec 2014 #13

Got it in..."1"! truebluegreen Dec 2014 #21

hey, didn't you hear about Cuba? Skittles Dec 2014 #24

well said slim Pharaoh Dec 2014 #30

.... 840high Dec 2014 #46

Welcome to DU... SidDithers Dec 2014 #49

+a million! SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #60

"I am not saying any of these things are good or bad"...I will. Not good! RiverLover Dec 2014 #26

This again? BeyondGeography Dec 2014 #27

Your concern is duly noted. n/t Lil Missy Dec 2014 #28

Just anothe corporate stooge Pharaoh Dec 2014 #29

Way to the right of Nixon, slightly to the right of Reagan. He has killed the party by driving Doctor_J Dec 2014 #36

"Slightly to the right of Reagan"!!!... SidDithers Dec 2014 #50

Reagan borrowed to pull the economy out of the hole Doctor_J Dec 2014 #53

He knowingly kills 50+ innocents for every suspected "militant" targeted by drone strikes. Maedhros Dec 2014 #37

Quite a bit of that is a real stretch, e.g. "forced GM into...bankruptcy". cheapdate Dec 2014 #39

He's a center-right corporatist Fiendish Thingy Dec 2014 #40

Ha - reeks of desperation Politicub Dec 2014 #41

Barry Ritholtz made his money in a Wall Street investment bank. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2014 #43

As "desperate" as the ones falling all over themselves to high five it. Number23 Dec 2014 #59

Pretty close to Bill Clinton who was the best republican pres since Teddy R. project_bluebook Dec 2014 #42

This reminds me of the Republicans calling John McCain a Liberal. herding cats Dec 2014 #44

There is nothing liberal about him. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #45

... SidDithers Dec 2014 #47

complete nonsense. DCBob Dec 2014 #48

Ironical...considering liberal Republicans are the fore fathers of Rex Dec 2014 #54

Not to mention that liberal Republicans were the original "progressives" (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #55

They were, though liberal republicans were not around long Rex Dec 2014 #56

In an alternate world where the GOP didn't have a Southern Strategy Recursion Dec 2014 #57

Tax cuts and unemployment benefits are true keynesian stimulus. mathematic Dec 2014 #58

It's plain old corporatism Man from Pickens Dec 2014 #61

It is good to know cooler heads prevail who does not think trashing many of our good hard working Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #62

I've thought about this a lot walkingman Dec 2014 #63

He's a fiscally conservative Republican with a few socially liberal views. Scuba Dec 2014 #64

+1 nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #66