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Worst Presidents: Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

Posted February 16, 2007

Nixon's failings were the stuff of dark tragedy: uneven judgment and a deeply suspicious character verging on delusional, combined with great political gifts and considerable vision.

He not only opened up U.S. relations with China but also reached an important arms-limitation agreement with the Soviet Union. He slowly, if not quite steadily, extricated America from the quagmire of Vietnam. He supported a number of progressive domestic policies, including the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. He stepped up the war against crime on multiple fronts.

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But the drama of Nixon Agonistes concludes with his resignation under a cloud of wrongdoing. For obstructing the investigation of a petty crime committed by some of his own campaign operatives—an attempt to burglarize the Democratic National Headquarters—Nixon's name and reputation will forever be linked with one word: Watergate.

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nixon

this country is a dulatont when it comes to war nixon fueled the myth for corprote gain. less service men were lost since the cuvul war than during the cuvil war yet slavery remained in the form of company town debt slavery, credit cards, the draft, coorprete bailouts taxing the poor , anti union activity, ectra. On the independence day fires are started that are a mere tast of what europe endured mich less the middle east. Lets think about rhe effect that non lingale hevily armed foriegn soldiers would have on our streets.

nixon

this country is a dulatont when it comes to war nixon fueled the myth for corprote gain. less service men were lost since the cuvul war than during the cuvil war yet slavery remained in the form of company town debt slavery, credit cards, the draft, coorprete bailouts taxing the poor , anti union activity, ectra. On the independence day fires are started that are a mere tast of what europe endured mich less the middle east. Lets think about rhe effect that non lingale hevily armed foriegn soldiers would have on our streets.

Obama or Nixon

I would take RMN over Obama anyday. He was one of the best foreign policy presidents in our history. He was not aa wealthy man but did accomplish great things with USSR, China, ending VN, building up the EPA and creation of OSHA. What President has done so much?

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