[Michael.SF.]

I too celebrated Nixon's removal, I was 19 years old and had a lot of growing up to do. I changed my mind on Nixon, long before I went to his library a few years ago. He was a very good President, with some serious personality afflictions, that fogged his mind, paranoia being one of them.

But just because one thinks people are out to get him, does not mean they aren't.

[7thson]

What is ironic is that Nixon’s paranoia was fueld from the 40s to the 60s by the same group that the article’s author became a part of - the U.S. press corps.

[DiogenesLamp]

He was a very good President, with some serious personality afflictions, that fogged his mind, paranoia being one of them.

They really were out to get him. One of the things the Kennedy clan did in the 1960 election is get a hold of Nixon's accountant and got him to spill the beans about Nixon's private financial records.

They used the information they obtained from Nixon's accountant to damage Nixon any way they could.

I believe Nixon said at the time "So that is how the game is played." He was betrayed and exploited, and of course we know the media was out to get him in the 1960 debate with Kennedy.

They deliberately put Nixon under hot lights to make him seem sweaty and uncomfortable.

[cowboyusa]

Hwe was a rhino Pinko.

[virgil]

I thought Nixon was a villain too. I was just 13 and didn’t know better. In the late 80s maybe 90s, a few years before he passed, I started seeing news articles about him. I think there was an interview with Nixon in Time or Newsweek I read. He seemed very human and I forgave him right there. I don’t think he was such a bad president and what he did is nothing compared to what we’re stuck with now.