Nixon also started the EPA and OSHA, instituted socialistic wage & price controls creating shortages, and worst of all took us completely off the gold standard resulting in massive inflation of the 70s.
I'm no expert, but IMHO without the groundwork of Nixon there'd be no BH0 and his healthcare takeover.
Yes. I was merely pointing out some of the positive things he accomplished. But he was hardly a conservative.
Socialized med was an for move and the Truman. Big step under lbj aided by Wilbur mills. Nixon big step, then w. ob just taking it to inevitable (who will stop it?) conclusion.