The media hated both Nixon and Reagan, but the hatred they
had for Nixon was practically psychotic. They wanted Reagan
gone too though. Neither ever got a fair shake.
It was about as bad as it is for Trump today, but that was
fifty years ago.
I think Nixon ranks as one of the worst Republicans, based on
his Leftist agenda you touched on, but the Democrats are in
a whole other league.
It is the hatred of Nixon by the media that causes me to
rebel against folks claiming he was one of our worst presidents.
You tell me you were an adult in those days, but you don't
express a full grasp of the dynamics in those days.
You actually think the press created this 'larger than life'
impression of Nixon, and that's why some people adore him.
I don't adore him. It's just after watching Johnson, Carter,
Clinton, Obama, and now Biden attempt to destroy this nation
and it's principles, I get tired of folks dragging Nixon
back out to declare he was one of the worst. B. S.
He took over with over 500,000 U. S. troops in Vietnam,
Johnson had put there. The press immediately started referring
to him being the reason we had so many troops there. And then
they blamed him for not pulling them out faster.
Nixon had the North on the ropes a number of times, but each
time the Democrats in Congress demanded cease-fires which
provided time for the North to regroup and resupply.
They declared the Tet Offensive a huge success for the North,
but in fact, the North got the snot kicked out of it during Tet.
None the less, Walter Kronkite declared Tet a major victory
for the North, undercutting support back home.
The media playing Nixon up????
And now you seemingly intimate Reagan was only a popular guy
because the media made him too? Was that your intent, or did
it just look like that?
I don't think Reagan was perfect, but he was the best we've had
in the last 60 years. Trump is of the same caliber, although
his personality traits were certainly different. He was brash
and harsh on people who attacked him. After Bush sitting with
a pitiful look on his face when the Democrats and media trashed
him, I was ready for a brash harsh guy. His tweets didn't
bother me at all.
I'm sorry you lost your Fishing Boat Business. I don't blame
you for being angry about it. I would be also. Putting Nixon
in the proper perspective it's okay. I just don't think he was one
of our worst by a mile.
What with Johnson, Carter, Clinton, Obama, and now Biden, I
wouldn't waste my time on Nixon. Some folks do. I think it's a
massive mistake. All it does is make the Democrats look no
worse than our occasional bad guy, and that is a terribly false
narrative.
Nixon's moves were bad for the most part because they were
politically misguided (Leftist) policy. Some of those
things are coming back to haunt us today. I agree with that.
It wasn't like mismanaging us into a 400 day hostage
situation. It wasn't like providing gyro and MIRV technology
to a foreign power promising to destroy us. It wasn't like
going on a bowing tour telling other nations how sorry he
was for the evils of the United States. It wasn't like
race-baiting setting us back decades in race relations.
It wasn't like leavingg our citizens behind before pulling
our troops out of a foreign campaign. It wasn't like leaving
allies behind, others in the dark as we pulled out. It wasn't
like leaving $90 billion in equipment on the ground for the
Taliban and China to use. It wasn't like turning over an
airport Trump had negotiated to keep control of after the
conflict. It wasn't like backing riots in the U.S., replete
with rioting, looting, burning, and declaring US territory
as an autonomous zone, no longer a part of the U.S.
There's so much more to cover about our bad presidents, but
suffice it to say Nixon is nowhere near the bottom out of
our 46 presidents.
You have to ask yourself why Nixon is not revered today. You
think you know, but look at how Trump is denigrated by the press
and the Left. He won't be known as one of our better presidents
after the media and the Leftists get done with him.
We know better, but that same dynamic played out in Nixon's day.
He was denigrated by the media, Leftists, and even in our education
system as that evil Watergate guy.
Turns out treason isn't as big a problem as lying about a petty
small-time burglary to get information.
No, I'm not going to run cover for pseudo treasonous presidents,
by going after Nixon's throat.