I would disagree with Nixon being all flowers and sunshine domestically. While on the surface and superficially things look good, he has been attacked for attempting at and succeeding at silencing detractors and protesters, and even of using dictatorial tactics and curtailing civil liberties many times. I mean, we all remember the Kent State Massacre in '70, his multiple attempts to get John Lennon deported, the rumors of him keeping an ongoing enemies list for God's sake, the Buffalo University shootings in '77, rumors of bigotry, enforcement of the McCarran act, the American act, and so on. And foreign policy wise, his handling of Vietnam has been botched. He won back in 1968 on the promise that he'd get us out of there, and American forces are still fighting in South East Asia, even if they are not as numerous as they were back in the 1960's and 1970's. And for what? A long corrupted South Vietnamese government ruled by warlords and corrupt generals?
Jesse Jackson is challenging Hart for the Democratic nomination, so I may indeed vote against Nixon if he gets the nomination. Its shame Ted Kennedy doesn't show any signs of wanting to run. I really think he could clinch the election. As it is now, its only a maybe that anyone else could beat Nixon.
Jesse Jackson is challenging Hart for the Democratic nomination, so I may indeed vote against Nixon if he gets the nomination. Its shame Ted Kennedy doesn't show any signs of wanting to run. I really think he could clinch the election. As it is now, its only a maybe that anyone else could beat Nixon.
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