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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:38 PM Original message |
DU Historians: Was Nixon really a liberal? comparatively speaking |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd be interested in seeing what anyone might answer to this question. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "He went to China" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Really? I have |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Well he began Affirmative action |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. He supported some liberal causes-he was raised Quaker, after all |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nope |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. today he`d be a neo liberal |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Are you kidding? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Noam Chomsky (of all people) said, "In many respects Nixon is |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. He did some things like open up China. They looked good from |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. No. Liberal and conservative are relative labels |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Agreed |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Agreed! He was definitely not a liberal at the time. It doesn't |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Clean Water Act was signed by Nixon, and he established the EPA |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. No, you are absolutely correct. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Kick |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. I see him as, for the most part, trying to push things to the right, |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Comapartively speaking, yes. |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. he gave serious consideration to the idea of "Guaranteed Minimum Income" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. He was a right of center hawk and Cold Warrior |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Doesn't he get credit for Affirmative Action ? eom |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. He'd be considered more liberal than todays conservatives..... |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. yeh...but today's conservatives are lockstep fascists..... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. He signed the Fair Credit Act. eom |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. A real biggie - Title IX. eom |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
21. He advocated universal health care. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, without a doubt |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wage and price controls |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know about Nixon..... |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Barry Goldwater was a real pistol. A real maverick. He was |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. at least you can respect an honest politician....... |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yes exactly. There is something so incredibly refreshing about |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Goldwater pretty much aid it himself |
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tulsakatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yep, that says it all! |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Dean's new book "Conservatives Without Conscience" is |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Towards the end of his life Goldwater became very moderate. He was |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. All his "liberal" actions and positions came at a time that was |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, there is merit to that argument |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Nixon Also |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I hope some DU'ers will take the time to research Nixon's overthrow |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Minor detail |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. No way. Nixon was a right wing as they come. |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. What utter nonsense! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. He did start Methadone clinics....a surprisingly progressive move.... |
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Terran1212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. As far as domestic policy he's very liberal, in fact John Dean said |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
40. No just another batshit crazy repuke. n/t |
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Humor_In_Cuneiform (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Most Liberals don't have an "enemies" list that they wish to seek |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. No, followed a neoliberal doctrine. Very much like the Reagan period. |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-13-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. No he wasn't a liberal. But he did do somethings that by today's standards |
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SensibleAmerican (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-16-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. Nixon was more liberal than Clinton |
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