[Serious] The Rehabilitation of President Richard M. Nixon

[Jehanne]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

He was better as a president than as a human being. I’m not sure that whole trying-to-fix-an-election thing will even not be the overriding stain on his political life.

Boru

[Jehanne]

Dick Nixon was a patriot; he actually cared about the United States of America much more than his political career or personal self interests. The same was true of Kennedy, an adulterer.

I don't know how Trump can even look at himself in the mirror.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Dick Nixon was a patriot; he actually cared about the United States of America much more than his political career or personal self interests. The same was true of Kennedy, an adulterer.

I don't know how Trump can even look at himself in the mirror.

Tried. To. Fix. An. Election.

Boru

[Jehanne]

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.

[onlinebiker]

President Nixon was a paranoid, vindictive troll who did some good things and some bad things.

It' s largely a matter of perspective on the part of the observer filtered by their biases...


Like pretty much everything..

[Angrboda]

President Nixon was a paranoid, vindictive troll who did some good things and some bad things.

It' s largely a matter of perspective on the part of the observer filtered by their biases...


Like pretty much everything..

Who can actually know anything, right? Amirite?

[onlinebiker]

President Nixon was a paranoid, vindictive troll who did some good things and some bad things.

It' s largely a matter of perspective on the part of the observer filtered by their biases...


Like pretty much everything..

Who can actually know anything, right?  Amirite?

When it comes to complex systems - like people - pretty much.

People are not digital existing in an either/ or state.

Those folks that believe humans to be digital get an "ist" after their name.

Like

Racist
Sexist
Ageist...

Ect...

[Jehanne]

President Nixon was a paranoid, vindictive troll who did some good things and some bad things.

It' s largely a matter of perspective on the part of the observer filtered by their biases...


Like pretty much everything..

Near the end he was probably suffering from some paranoia, perhaps, due to his heavy drinking.  As for a mental illness, I definitively do not think that he was in that category, not at all, and, I do not believe that anyone who was close to him claimed that, either.  After his defeat in the 1960 election, Nixon left public life, starting a law practice in New York City.  If he was suffering from clinical paranoia, he could have never made it as a lawyer.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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