We're now on the 36th day of my daily presidents threads celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA.Today we have Richard Nixon (1/9/1913 - 4/22/1994), who served as president from 1969 to his resignation pending impeachment in 1974. He is the only president to resign and the most recent president to be unable to finish his term. Prior to being president, he was a senator and representative from California. He also served in the Navy during WW2. Notable actions or events during his presidency include the Withdrawal from Vietnam, Apollo 11 and the Moon Landing as well as the End of the Apollo Program, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, his 1972 Visit to China, Repealing the Draft, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the War on Cancer, the Philadelphia Plan, the Minority Business Enterprise, the Paris Peace Accords, the 1971 Bolivian Coup, the 1973 Chilean Coup, Operation Nickel Grass, and the Watergate Scandal.What do you think of the man with the big nose?Link to previous thread>>18544108
The Trickiest Dick
Really good presidentNo fucking clue why he decided to cheat at the height of popularity. Dumbass
Remember the time he accepted thousands in illegal campaign donations but it was ok because he got a cute puppy out of it? Remember the time he illegally negotiated with North Vietnam before he was president, which was literally treason? Remember the time he had the National Guard shoot peaceful demonstrators? Remember the time he said he'd end the Vietnam War and then escalated it?
>>18545682the unfortunate thing is that he never had the right personality for elected office
The media/liberals' hateboner/obsession with him was always borderline ridiculous.
>>18545682The 20th century's dark mirror of John Adams
the death of his mother in 1967 changed him for the worse, he became more willing to do stuff he wouldn't while she was living
>>18545778t. LBJfag
Since the Democrats controlled Congress his whole administration it's hard to say what he would have done with a Republican Congress, although he did help move the Supreme Court back towards the right.
>>18545682they can't lick our dick.
>>18545808what the fuck was Matt Groening's problem with Nixon?
>>18545682this link has a lot of hidden gems:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGLR614hpMePUB3D2-PF7lzIV6uGiIyFk
>>18545682I think Nixon is one of the most fascinating men to ever hold the office. He's maybe the closest to an IRL Byronic hero we've ever had, at least for someone in his position. He grew up in poverty around rich people which led him to develop a massive complex about his status and dislike of the elite, yet he was more than willing to suck up to them in order to advance his position in life and politics so he could show how much better than them he was. He was insecure, a sperg and had a massive chip on his shoulder regarding feelings of disrespect and in a way it makes him sympathetic but it also made him an unscrupulous asshole who brought about his own destruction.Just going by his policies he would be a pretty good president yet the flipside of that was his paranoia which led him into massive violations of rights and privacy to track down and defeat real and perceived enemies of both himself and what he thought was the country and empower and align himself with some of the worst elements on the right. Watergate was really just the ultimate manifestation of everything that made him and his insecurities which left the country in a no-win situation. In effect, he's probably the most influential post-WW2 president and the political situation of the country to this day has been shaped by his actions. The things he did, empowering the religious and racist right completing the GOP takeover that started under Goldwater, and Watergate and its effects on American politics mean that he's ultimately one of the worst presidents we've ever had as whatever good he did is far outweighed by the awful legacy he left for the country.
>>18546346He's a shitbreath hippieSame reason why his shartoons are full of anti-nuclear propaganda.
>>18545682underrated president, hated by hippie boomers and commies
Nixon had a longstanding dislike of the media and they responded in kind. A lot of his problems stemmed from that.
>>18545778>Remember the time he illegally negotiated with North Vietnam before he was president, which was literally treason?yeah, thats the one that sticks. They shouldve hung him for that.Im something of a Nixon apologist, but that was straight up treason.
>>18546380good writeup.
opening up to china was badepa was good
>>18545778>>18546449Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution defines "treason" and Nixon's actions don't fall under that (treason is defined as waging war against the United States or assisting its enemies in waging war against it). At most he might have been guilty of violating the Neutrality Act by making unauthorized negotiations with a foreign government.
>>18546452the EPA was and is a mostly useless outfit that was created as a token gesture to hippies to buy votes for his reelection
>>18545778>presumably knows enough about the Chennault Affair to seethe about it>disingenuously claims it was about North VietnamYou are a slimy little fucker lol
>>18546346He reminded boomer liberals of their uptight middle-class dads, a lot of it was really just an extension of>FUCK YOU, DAD
Nixon was the only former president to voluntarily give up his Secret Service protection as he said he wanted to save the American taxpayer money.
>>18546462young, liberal-leaning people in '68 all backed RFK (until he died) and Eugene McCarthy. neither Nixon or Humphrey were regarded as "cool" or anything but people's fuddy-duddy GI Generation parents.
>>18546380>In effect, he's probably the most influential post-WW2 presidentCompletely agree. I'd say the modern era of American history/politics starts with him. Nixon was undoubtedly a masterful politician but that doesn't mean he was a good President. His policies were often incredibly cynical, with trust in public institutions plummeting in the wake of Watergate, and his very deliberate eagerness to stoke division for political benefit have had lasting consequences through to today. True, some of the stuff he gets blamed for began under JFK and LBJ, but there's no denying that despite well intentioned policies (at least in his own head) he left a toxic legacy that continues to poison things today.
>>18546446Nixon's dislike of the media basically comes from them not sucking his dick and things like reporting in his slush fund. He was sensitive to perceived slights and his insecurities meant anything even mildly critical was interpreted as an egregious attack. Nixon didn't like Eisenhower all that much for similar reasons.
>>18545778You, and all your little reply guys, are retards. The charge that Nixon intervened before his election to screw LBJ out of a Vietnam peace talk just doesn’t stand to evidence. Let’s say he tried, there’s no evidence that the Viets (on both sides) were ever going to be fine with everyone getting a share of the pie. It is inconsequential to history, and all you serve to do is malign the last American president whose office was not simply a cover for the Department of Defence’s foreign policy. How’s your constitutional monarchy going now? faggot
