Posted on 03/17/2012 10:26:44 AM PDT by Steelfish
Nixon was one of the original, successful, anti-communists, and they targeted him because of that.
The Hollywood communists and the communists infiltrating the Rat party at the time were the prime movers.
Nixon served honorably in the US Navy in WWII, forcing the Navy to allow him to serve in spite of his legitimate Quaker upbringing. He served until 1946, and was very effective at winding down government war contracts without major disruption to the companies and employees involved.
Nixon was a real public servant, unlike what we have today.
Thank you for posting this.
I love and respect Ben Stein, so in spite of what I thought was going to be a silly article, I read it to the end.
Then I realized how brainwashed I had been by the left leaning media that has dominated the airways for over half a century. (Even though I have been a conservative since 1980).
I gained new insight about Richard and Pat Nixon from this article, and feel the need to repent of some of my presuppositions.
Wonderful article! Thank you.
Big fat historical inaccuracy in this article. Pat Nixon’s name wasn’t Patricia. Her birth name was Thelma; she was renamed or nicknamed “Pat” because of her birthday, the day before St. Patrick’s Day.
All guys named Bob or Mike aren’t Robert or Michael, and magazine writers should get this sort of detail right.
The name “Thelma” is in the 1st paragraph.
“The name “Thelma” is in the 1st paragraph.”
Understood. But he goes on to refer to her as “Patricia.” There is no historical evidence whatsoever her name was Patricia or changed to Patricia. That’s my point.
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