Hmmmmmm. Wasn't it Nixon who initiated the arms talks with the Soviet Union? I don't think it was called SALT. I think it was called START or something like that. But that just bolsters my point. The START talks evolved into Carter's SALT and SALT II talks.
OKAY! I see your point!
Nixon gave us the EPA, public broadcasting, the 55 mph limit, and allowed the Soviets to board an American military ship to beat and remove a defector in the presence of our own sailors. Some of the things he did would have raised our hair from a liberal Democrat.
I've always been ambivalent about Nixon. But he was far closer to the Democrats than to us. Their hatred of him for Alger Hiss knew no bounds. They brought the country practically to ruin because of their fanaticism, a fanaticism the communist press shares today. There was nothing noble about Felt, the Dems, or the media. Rush nailed it.