Great points.
Yes, Nixon swallowed a lot tougher stuff than Ted has been asked to swallow.
Nixon was also a very astute political study. He knew what he needed to do to be a better candidate, and he worked on it.
Ted does just the opposite as if it is all owed to him.
I agree with your thoughts completely.
President Nixon was hounded, by the AMERICAN COMMIES, FELLOW TRAVELERS, and PINKOS, from the time he was battling and beat Helen Gahagen Douglas for the Senate seat from California. They were unrelenting! And it was the CHECKERS SPEECH, when he said "I AM NOT A CROOK", while he was VEEP, which nobody seems to know now and claim that he said during WATERGATE, which he did NOT!
He said that, because he was being tarred with accepting expensive gifts, which unlike almost ALL pols, at that time did. In that speech, he said that all he had accepted was a puppy, named CHECKERS. I believed him when he said it and still do!
Yes, Teddy is the complete antithesis of Reagan and Nixon, whom he claims to be like, FALSELY!