Real Richard Nixon: 28 DAYS (5) - Smoking Gun & Final Days

[tapittwice2]

I was born during the Nixon presidency also, and most people would talk about Nixon as a bad president and a bad person in general, and I beleived them, but recently I have been going through old interviews and publishings and I don't beleive he was bad, but he did seem to be his own worst enemy. Most of his problems seem like they could have been easliy avoided, but petty personal grudges are what destroyed him, if only he took the high road more he could have been a great president.

[CounterCultureLives]

@tapittwice2 As a former Conservative Republican turned Liberal Democrat, I've "drunk the Kool-Aid" from both ends of the political spectrum. After all was said and done, time has taught me that it's easy to get carried away with platitudes and rhetoric that muddle the mind.

You are correct about RMN's petty grudges bringing him down. Nixon lived in a world of allies and "enemies". Ironically,  he spent so much time building walls, while his greatest strengths were in building bridges.

[stafflvr]

Nixon did things he shouldn't have done, his fans (like me) have to admit that. But he did ALOT of good as president and that should be remembered too. As Stephen Ambrose said in his books on Nixon, when he resigned we lost more than we gained.

[geekorthodox9]

I was born in 1972, so everything i have been told about nixon has been skewed by media bias. These interviews are refreshing and offer a genuine perspective into a tumultuous political period in American history.

[calimar28]

Great president. And that is the way it is.

[bertinotti]

God, those jowels are horrifying -- his face literally drips with duplicity

[schatzee00]

yet another imitator who misuses the word "literally". you are ignorant

[bertinotti]

You wish. Here is the Random House definition of "literally": "in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually."

Nixon was a venal, wreckless, self-destuctive wreck of a man whose mendacity fooled noone but his a-moral supporters.

Now go back and get yourself a QUALITY secondary education. It is never too late. America is the country for second chances (even for corrupt, morally bankrupt monsters like Nixon and Kissinger).

[thefreedieyoung]

Say why don't you add your boys Clinton, Carter and the present occupant of the W.H. Duplicity you say... I used to think pinoccio was a fictional character until I saw Mr. Clinton.

[NewWaveFan1]

Well bud he didn't start two wars and and deficit like your buddy georgy bush did. now Did he?

[jpzollar]

Good Section! Very imformative

[klaev]

"Incredible... That just isn't the way I'd operate...", with such utter mock incredulity. Paranoid, authoritarian douchebag.

[dw053408]

I disagree