[Knitting A Conundrum]

Nixon was rather worried about the youth culture, because it was very radicalized...and I think he had gotten a bit paranoid of things, like it might escalate out of control into something really bad.

It's been a while since I studied it.

I liked Nixon when he was president, I liked him after Watergate...If Ike had liked him better and helped him beat Kennedy, the last half quarter of the 20th c might have been different.

[casino66]

Now, the rest of the story. I can remember as if it was yesterday. University library had been bombed and one student was killed. Nixon visited the school and as he was walking down a corridor, being followed by the mighty press, one of them asked him what he thought about someone who would place a bomb and Nixon said "they are bums". The following day the headlines were "Nixon calls students bums." And it stuck and with only 3 tv stations that was all we heard. Poor ol Nixon, everyone was out to get him.
Now you know ....the rest of the story.

[Ike]

"If Ike had liked him better and helped him beat Kennedy, the last half quarter of the 20th c might have been different."


You are surely right about that! RMN was the most brilliant foreign policy pres. int the 20th century, IMO. History will show it, and GWB will be seen as another Truman.