I haven't done this personally but it would be staggering to look at all the government programs that were supposed to be temporary. The FBI comes to mind
Kissinger played the biggest role in opening relations to China. And Kissinger was one of the few jews that Nixon seemed to trust, which seems to have been his mistake.
The Obama administration was caught doing something worse than Watergate or Teapot Dome every month, and it never made the news outside of a few "right wing" blogs that nobody reads.
Nixon is the only American president that I don't mind as a person. (There are no presidents that I like as presidents; Buchanan was probably the best president that America never had.)
It is very clear from the secret or semi-secret recordings and some of his writings that he was much more Right-wing as a person than as a president. Might even have been more Right-wing personally than the very same George Wallace that he was politically attacking from the Left.
Yet, instead of governing in congruence with his own beliefs, he set in motion the 'Nixon strategy' followed by later Republicans. That is, campaign Rightward of your opponents to win the Republican primaries, then govern as far to the Left as the Republican voters will allow to attempt picking up everyone else's vote without losing those more Right-wing voters who will see you as a traitor if you go too far with it.
Trump, whether he knew it or not, successfully followed the Nixon strategy to a tee in 2016. Yet, since he had no contenders from the Right in 2020, Trump had no need for first part of the Nixon strategy, went too far Leftward for the second part of it (e.g. the 'Platinum Plan'), and consequently lost more votes from his Right than he was able to pick up from his Left. Hence the end result, losing 'bigly' among White males, in particular, to his Right, whilst picking up a lesser (but much-vaunted) number of Hispanic and other votes to his Left. He also deservedly and predictably did not pick up the black votes that the Platinum Plan was clearly intended to attract. Trump 2020 thus joined Dole 1996 in the list of presidential campaigns that tried and failed to win an election using the Nixon strategy.
Yet even Nixon overestimated the goodness of the Jews: unless Kissinger really had him fooled right till the end, he surely must have reached a point where he realized that Kissinger was as much a snake as the rest of them. I doubt that Nixon would have gotten along well with Kissinger regarding Rhodesia and South Africa, both deeply problematized by the State Department at the time that Kissinger was running it, with Kissinger being a pivotal figure in the creation of both Zimbabwe and the 'Rainbow Nation'. It might even be fair to contend that if Kissinger did not speak to and also dupe both the Rhodesian and South African leaders, Prime Minister Smith and President Vorster, respectively, the creation of Zimbabwe and the 'Rainbow Nation' might have been held off for years to decades.
Trump 2020 thus joined Dole 1996 in the list of presidential campaigns that tried and failed to win an election using the Nixon strategy.
Does the Nixon strategy account for officially condoned fraud? If you remove the illegal mail-in ballots in 3 states, Trump wins. (not even mentioning ballot stuffing or machine shenanigans)
Like the other guy said I also find it hard to believe that all that many people on the Right who voted for him in 2016 failed to vote in 2020. It just feels wrong, though we can't know for sure and I'm not going to believe internet anons from either side as sources.
Yeah, as has been pointed out, Nixon did a lot wrong as President. He was also very popular, and was ousted by the deep state/intelligence agencies/what have you. All those things are true at the same time.
For all Nixon's faults, I'd still rather have an actual representational system than a pretend one (there's nothing more dangerous than a "democracy" in name only, because it keeps the people complacent), and he obviously shouldn't have been ousted. It was yet another American coup, and no one talks about it.
Nixon's strongly negative presence in media greatly eclipsing that of other past presidents since the 60's was always a red flag to me. Before that I thought he was just a "very bad person." Now I'm certain he must have done at least one thing that drew the ire of very powerful people.
Opening relations to China was the worst thing Nixon ever did. I despise him for doing that.
Taking us off the gold standard dollar is probably worse. But not many people realize it was him that did it August 15 1971.
Didn’t he claim it would be temporary at the time. I don’t care about Watergate, that my beef with him (gold standard)
I haven't done this personally but it would be staggering to look at all the government programs that were supposed to be temporary. The FBI comes to mind
Kissinger played the biggest role in opening relations to China. And Kissinger was one of the few jews that Nixon seemed to trust, which seems to have been his mistake.
You hate Nixon for opening relations with China.
I hate Nixon for founding the EPA and denying me my Toyota Hilux.
There's plenty of hate to go around.
Hell,I hate Marco fucking Polo for that.
As a kid growing up I was taught that Watergate the worst evil ever known
Contrast to the reaction of Obama spying on Trump's campaign. Way worse than anything they could prove with Watergate and he got a pass.
The Obama administration was caught doing something worse than Watergate or Teapot Dome every month, and it never made the news outside of a few "right wing" blogs that nobody reads.
Of course. The golden boy
So many people don't even know what happened, too. They think Nixon ordered it. They're outraged, and don't even have the story straight.
Nixon is the only American president that I don't mind as a person. (There are no presidents that I like as presidents; Buchanan was probably the best president that America never had.)
It is very clear from the secret or semi-secret recordings and some of his writings that he was much more Right-wing as a person than as a president. Might even have been more Right-wing personally than the very same George Wallace that he was politically attacking from the Left.
Yet, instead of governing in congruence with his own beliefs, he set in motion the 'Nixon strategy' followed by later Republicans. That is, campaign Rightward of your opponents to win the Republican primaries, then govern as far to the Left as the Republican voters will allow to attempt picking up everyone else's vote without losing those more Right-wing voters who will see you as a traitor if you go too far with it.
Trump, whether he knew it or not, successfully followed the Nixon strategy to a tee in 2016. Yet, since he had no contenders from the Right in 2020, Trump had no need for first part of the Nixon strategy, went too far Leftward for the second part of it (e.g. the 'Platinum Plan'), and consequently lost more votes from his Right than he was able to pick up from his Left. Hence the end result, losing 'bigly' among White males, in particular, to his Right, whilst picking up a lesser (but much-vaunted) number of Hispanic and other votes to his Left. He also deservedly and predictably did not pick up the black votes that the Platinum Plan was clearly intended to attract. Trump 2020 thus joined Dole 1996 in the list of presidential campaigns that tried and failed to win an election using the Nixon strategy.
Yet even Nixon overestimated the goodness of the Jews: unless Kissinger really had him fooled right till the end, he surely must have reached a point where he realized that Kissinger was as much a snake as the rest of them. I doubt that Nixon would have gotten along well with Kissinger regarding Rhodesia and South Africa, both deeply problematized by the State Department at the time that Kissinger was running it, with Kissinger being a pivotal figure in the creation of both Zimbabwe and the 'Rainbow Nation'. It might even be fair to contend that if Kissinger did not speak to and also dupe both the Rhodesian and South African leaders, Prime Minister Smith and President Vorster, respectively, the creation of Zimbabwe and the 'Rainbow Nation' might have been held off for years to decades.
Quit repeating this nonsense.
Trump gained 13 million votes in 2020.
Does the Nixon strategy account for officially condoned fraud? If you remove the illegal mail-in ballots in 3 states, Trump wins. (not even mentioning ballot stuffing or machine shenanigans)
Like the other guy said I also find it hard to believe that all that many people on the Right who voted for him in 2016 failed to vote in 2020. It just feels wrong, though we can't know for sure and I'm not going to believe internet anons from either side as sources.
https://archive.md/xDsWB
Yeah, as has been pointed out, Nixon did a lot wrong as President. He was also very popular, and was ousted by the deep state/intelligence agencies/what have you. All those things are true at the same time.
For all Nixon's faults, I'd still rather have an actual representational system than a pretend one (there's nothing more dangerous than a "democracy" in name only, because it keeps the people complacent), and he obviously shouldn't have been ousted. It was yet another American coup, and no one talks about it.
Nixon's strongly negative presence in media greatly eclipsing that of other past presidents since the 60's was always a red flag to me. Before that I thought he was just a "very bad person." Now I'm certain he must have done at least one thing that drew the ire of very powerful people.
Okay pajeet