RE: The Rehabilitation of President Richard M. Nixon
September 24, 2022 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: September 24, 2022 at 11:10 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(September 24, 2022 at 7:40 am)Jehanne Wrote: It is the cornerstone of American democracy that the losers ADMIT that they lost and graciously accept the peaceful transfer of power.
Trump's actions & behavior are completely unique in the history of the United States of America; no other President has behaved this way with respect to an election loss.
I’m not sure that accepting defeat qualifies Nixon as a ‘patriot’, since every losing presidential candidate (bar Trump) has done exactly that. It’s just business as usual, nothing special. It’s like declaring someone a patriot for driving a car or having running water.
And on top of that, Nixon wasn’t a particularly gracious loser.
Boru
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