Over 150 Hours of Nixon Tapes to Be Released(Zer0 to remind Americans that Republicans are bad)

foxnews ^ | 6/23

[bestintxas]

Another window is opening on Richard Nixon's presidency with the release of hundreds of tape recordings and thousands of documents from that time.

The latest materials from the Nixon Presidential Library, to be released Tuesday, will offer a glimpse into fateful days of the Watergate scandal as well as the waning days of the U.S. war in Vietnam. Nixon's Cold War diplomacy, the U.S. cease-fire with Hanoi and the administration's reaction to the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion are included in the release.

The tapes, to be put online, are from January and February 1973. That period covers the conviction of burglars whose break-in at Democratic headquarters precipitated the cover-up that eventually unraveled Nixon's presidency.

Altogether, about 154 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House are being revealed, as are 30,000 documents. More than 2,200 hours of taped conversations have come out since the first release in 1980.

To the extent they show the inner workings of the Nixon administration and U.S. foreign policy, the materials are of keen interest to historians. The latest batch shows a president fresh from his second inauguration, yet soon to see his presidency go into a long slide. Nixon resigned in August 1974 under threat of being forced out by Congress.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I agree somewhat. Really did not care for his domestic policy. Thoughts on where 41 will stand in history?

[FFranco]

Like I said, I would rank our greatest presidents like this:

1. Washington
2. Reagan
3. Nixon
4. GW Bush

Some will say Lincoln should be in this list, but in my opinon, a president who was responsible for starting the worst war in America’s history was not great, he was a failure.