[Lakeshark]

So you're telling me we actually won and this truly was a Nixonian triumph?

Okay, I understand what you're saying, but let's not pretend this was a good example of how great Nixon was. The man put on wage and price controls, started the EPA, affirmative action, and wasn't particularly an honest man.

How about Pat does a comparison to a genuine conservative like Reagan, instead of prop up his old boss?

[ExTxMarine]

The man put on wage and price controls, started the EPA, affirmative action, and wasn't particularly an honest man.

I can agree that as a whole, Nixon left a terrible trail of problems from which America has not recovered, and may never be able to recover.

But on Vietnam, by the time Nixon was elected, the war was a money pit that the American public were tired of and did not have the intestinal fortitude to actually WIN. They just wanted out, and Nixon was triumphant in that action.

I think that if Nixon had been president, instead of JFK, we would have went into that war with a plan to WIN - not a plan to stalemate!

[VerySadAmerican]

I agree. He was a Rockefeller republican who just happened to be from California. He’s also the first president to spend more than we brought in.