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**SeriousEric** · March 17th, 2003, 04:09 PM

I remember Nixon well. Not a good president. Paranoid liar and criminal. He was effective in his foreign policy negotiations with other leaders because he was such an astute politician and a hard-ass. They feared and respected him as someone that nobody could put bullshit over on. That's about the best I can say of him. Not weak, not naive, very realistic about world politics, but NOT a good man and NOT a good president.

What he did to us with Watergate was unforgiveable, and it all but wrecked this country for several decades. We are living the reverberations of it still. Lack of faith in our leaders, disillusionment with the political system and voter apathy all stem from Watergate. We take our political cynicism for granted, but I'm here to tell you that it wasn't always so ... and you've largely got Richard Millhouse Nixon to thank for that.

March 17th, 2003, 04:09 PM	#6
SeriousEric I Don't Care SeriousEric is offline Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 14,942 Rep Power: 24	Re: Richard Nixon I remember Nixon well. Not a good president. Paranoid liar and criminal. He was effective in his foreign policy negotiations with other leaders because he was such an astute politician and a hard-ass. They feared and respected him as someone that nobody could put bullshit over on. That's about the best I can say of him. Not weak, not naive, very realistic about world politics, but NOT a good man and NOT a good president. What he did to us with Watergate was unforgiveable, and it all but wrecked this country for several decades. We are living the reverberations of it still. Lack of faith in our leaders, disillusionment with the political system and voter apathy all stem from Watergate. We take our political cynicism for granted, but I'm here to tell you that it wasn't always so ... and you've largely got Richard Millhouse Nixon to thank for that.