[RJR_fan]

But Richard Nixon was at heart a Machiavellian, which is to say that he believed that the fundamental truths of politics were not about principles, but about power.

In his memorable book Witness, Whitaker Chambers portrays Nixon as a hero who risked his political career to stand up for his friends and for the country when it would have been much easier to turn his back on both.

[cowboyusa]

At that time he was, but durring his Presidency he was selling out to those same Soviet Communists.