Pure politics and emotion....my father is a Democrat and the Dems look back to his “Checkers Speech” when he was Eisenhower’s running mate in 1952 which earned his the lifelong nickname “Tricky Dick”.
It was rough during the Nixon presidency because Nixon had a thin skin for any opponents-critics from the radio preachers to the liberal news media to the anti-war liberals.
There was an undeclared war between the media and Nixon with the media getting a last laugh of sorts with Watergate.
Nixon showed great dignity in resigning when the House Judiciary Committee approved impeachment.
Nixon’s FCC also went after NBC News on Fairness Doctrine violation for a documentary on pensions. NBC had deep pockets and lawyers and with some friendly judges got out of it for the most part.
Trump seems to be pretty nasty and thin skinned with his opponents and critics as well.......
I hope he won’t go down in history as “Tricky Don” but it’s a possibility.
didn’t know he ran as eisenhower’s vp.
he will go down as tricky don, and then be an elder statesman when he gets out of office :)
doesnt mean he might not do a good job,
but there’s no way he’s a conservative i the Ronald Reagan mold
he once inquired if Reagan was an “empty suit”