In all due respect to IBD, bringing Richard M Nixon into this or any other modern Democratic scandal serves no useful purpose.
How many people even remember him? How many people know very much objective information about Nixon? Relatively few.
Richard Nixon was a choir boy compared to the corruption going on today. No comparison whatsoever. At least RMN was not a subversive.
Let Nixon rest in peace.
While your points are valid, there is an advantage to using Nixon comparisons. To the left...especially the media, the word ‘Nixon’ evokes corruption...and the victory of investigative journalism over that corruption.
So, using a comparison to Nixon challenges the media: “Hey, you cared a lot about 18 minutes, how about you check into two years of lost information.”
Sure, its childish (and unfair to Nixon’s legacy)...but this is politics. Usually, one liners and slogans rule the day. Unless you expect the bulk of the sheeple to join the Heritage Foundation and start reading about current events, tactics like this are the best way to reach people.