[MBB1984]

Nixon was a disaster for conservatives. He instituted wage and price controls, established COLAs and affirmative action and greatly expanded bureaucracy. I have never understood why the liberals hated him.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I have never understood why the liberals hated him.

The "D" next to his name had an "R" in it.

[ChessExpert]

Nixon also created the EPA. Their de facto worldwide ban on DDT cost many lives in Africa. It would be interesting to see a cost benefit analyis of the EPA that included the lost lives due to the DDT ban. I suspect the EPA has done more harm than good.

I think liberals hate Nixon because of MSM. Influential editors and writers in the MSM hated Nixon because of his successful anti-communism that included the unmasking of Alger Hiss. Like Ken Starr, Nixon would not allow the left to dismiss the truth. The left hates Bush for many reasons. But I think it started with Bush frustrating the left’s attempt to steal the 2000 election. Liberals just hate to be crossed, and carry a grudge.

Your on the street liberal is liberal because of what he gets from the MSM. This person has almost no memory. His memory is supplied by the MSM. But editors at the NYTs, Washington Post, etc, never forget when someone crosses them successfully (e.g. Nixon, Starr, Bush). When that happens, it's personal.

[uncbob]

Add detente and failure to win the war in Vietnam to that (he should have cranked up the B52s just like he did to get the POWs back ) the day after he took office when he still had war support

And his biggest disaster —helping drag China into being a global power (why Reagan didn’t reverse that policy like he did Detente is beyond me )

[nina0113]

I have never understood why the liberals hated him.

Payback for Alger Hiss. If you haven't read Witness, by Whittaker Chambers, move it to the top of your list.

[DMZFrank]

Alger Hiss and that semi-commie female candidate for the California supreme court that he derailed.