All these years of re-writing history and demonizing Nixon it is remarkable that Nixon still outranks Carter (the greatest ex-President, dontcha know).
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All these years of re-writing history and demonizing Nixon it is remarkable that Nixon still outranks Carter (the greatest ex-President, dontcha know).
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As a patriot who loved his country, I have no problems with Nixon. He will always be remembered for Watergate which is unfortunate.
But even WITHOUT Watergate, I am not sure if his term was commendable. He was the one who took America out of the Gold Standard eventually resulting in our stagflation. He continued LBJ's great society policies, and he even boasted to everyone saying that "We are All Keynesians Now". The Oil shocks of the 70's started not long after he took office and his pro-price control policies ( albeit not as bad as Carter's ) GUARANTEED the shortages of the late 70's.
I have to say that his economic policies portended Carter's and on this alone ( irrespective of Watergate ) he cannot be given a high rank.