[Free Vulcan]

Whether you agree or disagree with the guy, you have to admit the dude was sharp and perceptive.

[Eva]

Sharp and perceptive is right. The problem was that politics was all a game for Nixon, where the end justified the means. You never knew whether he was sincere or simply pragmatic. For instance, he campaigned on all those progressive issues, like the family assistance act and all those environmental regulations that I can't believe he really believed in, just to try to win some support from the liberal young people. If you look at the legislation that was passed during the Nixon administration, you would swear he was a democrat.