[xrmusn]

Nixon was always anti-Communist.
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I wholeheartedly agree with that but the reason I am ‘crowning’ him the RINO forerunner as he probably enhanced the growth of the ‘Great Society’ but not quite as bad as LBJ -
And he eventually over came the ‘burden’ of being a Quaker, though the closest many people came to Quakers was a box of breakfast cereal, so he was alright with them...(not an insult, just a stab at jocularity)...

[jdsteel]

The irony is the GOP elite of the day did not like Nixon. He was not refined and not of the right breeding. One of Nixon's great faults was that after he was elected he listened to the economic “experts” of the day, who (more irony) were Keynesians.

[xrmusn]

Sorry, I am not completely correct in saying he enhanced the ‘Great Society’, upon further checking I see where he did a lot to dismantle the giveaways LBJ started BUT he was probably the ‘father of Affirmative Action’ and he had other ‘problems’....
Ford, with his VN amnesty and Nixon pardon probably did more to hurt ‘us’ than anyone and we were probably ‘lucky’ that Carter came along and completely botched things up.
The birth of RINO’s probably can be attributed to the “Reagan Democrat” happening in the 80’s, then the onslaught started with a run of absolutley ‘poor’ Presidents...
Bush, Clinton (2), Bush (2), Obama (2) and I think ‘they’ will really have to outdo themselves to top this bunch..also have to throw the losers into this mix...... Dole, Gore, Kerry, McCain and Romney.
IF ‘THEY’ are out there, out spectacular Parties will find them....
Pitiful....