Because I'm starting to get a serious man crush on the guy.
Nixon wins in 1960, or Nixon without Watergate maybe? Can someone point me in the right direction? Cheers!
Because I'm starting to get a serious man crush on the guy.Nixon wins in 1960, or Nixon without Watergate maybe? Can someone point me in the right direction? Cheers!
You DO know Nixon WAS a crook, right? Most of the time, he was good, and he was certainly smart; but he had his times that were unacceptably paranoid for a President. It wasn't just Watergate, either.
o He routinely wiretapped and spied on his political opponents and employees.
o He chose his Democratic opponents for us Dems by using said information.
o He ruined the '70s economy to win the '72 election, by price- and wage-fixing, notably on energy, just in time for it to look good in '72. But, because he convinced too many others that he was doing the right thing, those measures stayed in place a LONG time.
o His foreign policy was anti-freedom. He supported plenty of nasty dictators, including in Vietnam, not caring (maybe even liking, at least some of the time?) what they did to their people. He raised US support levels for Greece when the Colonels were in power there,.
Sorry....
I'm way ahead of you. What about my NON-Watergate points? What about wiretapping his employees (your fellow conservatives)?jkay: Nixon's methods were par for the course, as such things were Standard Operating Procedure for both parties until Watergate. (as I've repeated ad infinitum) It is an entrenched myth that Watergate was a one-off.
BG: Nixon had two fellow operators to contend with: Robert Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Those ATL campaigns would be equalled only by Atwater/Rove in subterfuge and skulldugger.
You're in good company. Nixon was voted the best president ever according to AH.com.Because I'm starting to get a serious man crush on the guy.Nixon wins in 1960, or Nixon without Watergate maybe? Can someone point me in the right direction? Cheers!
Those last two are the only Nixon in 1960 TL's I can recall here. The problem with both is that they were abandoned and were both too lite on content, in my opinion.
Wake Me Up When September Ends by Historico
Mind the Door-Nixon Wins in 1960 by SteveW
Nixon's The One: 1961-1969 by WestVirginiaRebel
(Now this last one really didn't get far nor is it very detailed but there is some interesting discussion)
Fool, that was Ronald Reagan. Everybody knows that.Aren’t there any good Nixon timelines on AH?
No.
Nixon was the Anti Christ and ate babies for breakfast.
Only black ones mind you.
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Nixon just hated black babies.
No, that was E. Howard Hunt, Jack Ruby, the Mafia, Cuban exiles, the Comedian, time traveling JFK and the CIA.I have it on good authority that Nixon loved Black Babies, especially with a nice salad.
He was also the gunman on the grassy knoll.
No, that was E. Howard Hunt, Jack Ruby, the Mafia, Cuban exiles, the Comedian, time traveling JFK and the CIA.