Hard to understand why the Left hates Nixon so much. He gave them a crapload of their own agenda.
That makes them even madder, because they can't claim credit for it. Nazis and Communists pretty much agreed on most things but bitterly hated each other.
Same thing with Bush (I but especially II), or Obama for that matter. For most of them, their political analysis skill is limited to deciphering the "D" or "R" following the name. When a RINO does collectivist statist stuff they SHOULD like, it's bad, but when a "D" does stuff they claim they hate, it's either ignored or it's just hunky dory.