Newt Gingrich, 'father of the our Republican house' , was the best speaker of the house ever, and that's why he was brought down by the Democrats and forced to resign.
I don't know why Rush Limbaugh keeps bringing up Nixon when talking about Rather. Rush at times chucks the truth so as avoid a rumble.
I really appreciated Schwartzenegger's convention speech saying how he chose the Republican Party because of what Nixon said it was. Nixon won by a landslide and that got the Democrats fuming. They ruined Nixon through the press just as CBS is attempting now.
It's sad so many Republicans threw the towel on one of their own.
"Don't bring Nixon into this! He was one of the best presidents we had,..."
please...Nixon was a Rhino. For gun control, price controls, big government. His saving grace was his accumen for foreign policy. He chose to brake the law when he didn't even have to. His character came through...under pressure he resorted to coverup over the truth. If he had sacked Dean and his idiots and acted "clean" he would have finished out his term.
Ronald Reagan was and still is the best President of my lifetime...The rest are not worth to be in his shadow. GW included.
I don't share your opinion of Nixon but I believe this is a great comparison to make. Comparing Dan Rather to a liar, "crook", and someone they themselves loath and consider a blight on America has got to be something difficult for them to swallow. Depending how this whole event unfolds, this might be what Dan Rather is remembered most for and he knows it.
Richard Nixon used to speak of "the Dean Acheson College of Cowardly Communist Containment."
Amen duckln!.........you have just made a fan of yours (whether you want it or not).*~*
People have differing impressions of Nixon. IMO, he wasn't among the best Presidents to serve this country, though I wouldn't 'demonize' him as many have. His greatest fault, imo, is that he allowed his insecurities to get the best of him and it snowballed out of Watergate. I actually feel sympathy for the man, I even feel sympathy for Clinton believe it or not. They were both very flawed men unable to overcome their personal weaknesses. It resulted in each having a dubious place in our history.
I was glad to hear Arnold reference Nixon. Not only did it drive the Left insane, but it removed him from the closet. He had some valuable imputs to this nation, among his less than stellar record on other fronts. We should acknowledge the good of the man among the bad. It isn't to excuse his actions, but to honestly reflect on his record. He won Two elections for our party, the people chose him twice. That isn't without merit.
Also, unlike Gore, Nixon had the grace to concede defeat in a disputed election for the good of our country. People may say as they will about Nixon, but he had cause to question the election with Kennedy and didn't. He spared our country the havoc the 2000 Florida recount caused. I think that his greatest achievement no matter what else followed.
Why Rush is using Nixon? Mostly because it drives the Left insane. Rather in particular would hate the association to Nixon. And, it is appropriate to a degree. Nixon didn't orchestrate the events of Watergate, but he covered it up. Rather, I think, had a more active role in the fradulent documents that makes this worse than Watergate, but he too seeks to cover it up.
"I don't know why Rush Limbaugh keeps bringing up Nixon when talking about Rather"
I don't know what Rush said, but it is true that Rather was a leader of the Nixon-haters club, and gloated when Nixon was brought down. The poetic justice is that Rather is now in much the same position Nixon found himself in after the Watergate hearings revealed the existence of the Oval Office tapes. Difference is, Rather deserves what he's getting.