"Nixon, one of the best? Please...you must be joking.."
No, I'm not!
They may both go down as tainted, but:
Even Nixon's enemies usually admit he(Nixon)was good in foreign policy.
He also got us out of a war that he inherited(that President Johnson -- also from 'Texas'-- escalated!)
They may both go down in history as tainted, but I don't think the analogy can be taken too much further.
I think Nixon got a raw deal.
Nixon's domestic policies were very liberal.