Nixon lives until 2004

Didn't Nixon and Clinton get to be quite close in his first year in the White House? With Nixon still alive, it would be interesting to see what he does during the Clinton impeachment effort.
 
Didn't Nixon and Clinton get to be quite close in his first year in the White House? With Nixon still alive, it would be interesting to see what he does during the Clinton impeachment effort.

They did, Clinton heavily valued Nixon's foreign policy advice. I can see Nixon finding the whole impeachment to be time-wasting and frivolous. I know Gerald Ford was working behind the scenes to try to work out a compromise where Clinton would accept an official Censure and rebuke from Congress for perjury and then the matter would be dropped but OTL Republicans thought that was too mild a punishment. I can see Nixon trying something similar.

I think the POD would have to be prolonging Pat's (who was a heavy smoker) lifespan. Nixon died shortly after her.

Nixon lost his will to live after Pat died and was by all accounts utterly broken, so having Pat live is pretty much necessary.
 
I can picture Nixon calling W a "incoherent nincompoop" in an interview. Keeping him from being elected or seriously hurting his chances for reelection.
 
I definitely don't see Nixon thinking too highly of Bush Jr.
I think he would've liked Dubya pre 9/11. After that and especially after the invasion of Iraq, I agree he wouldn't think too highly of him.
I can picture Nixon calling W a "incoherent nincompoop" in an interview. Keeping him from being elected or seriously hurting his chances for reelection.

Considering how GW's blind date with Tricia went, I seriously doubt Dick was left with a good impression...
 
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