Forty Years Later ...

He'd be an unsuccessful Democrat felled by his lack of ruthlessness.

 

Nixon would have had a traitor like Eddie Snowden strung up by his Buster Browns.
He was many things but wimp wasn't one of them.

 

Sung to the tune of . . . .

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch.
You have termites in your smile,
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile,
Mr Grinch.

 

Before the lockhammer comes down, just wanted to say thanks for the link. A really good read. ...
Much like the read Mickelson just got off another player to drain a long birdie. /crossthread

 

Nixon would never, ever be president in this era.

He'd be Karl Rove.

 

Well, the part about trying to establish a clandestine autocratic police state takes off some of the luster.

 

Yes. Ditto. A great article. Thanks.

 

George McGovern in his old age concluded that Nixon was actually a pretty good President and in many ways I agree.

But I think the lesson, sadly, that can be drawn from Nixon's life is that this is a man who was very angry at his "enemies" and felt persecuted. I those hatreds ultimately hurt him a hell of a lot more than he ever he hurt his opponents.

 

Yeah, Nixon did some good stuff.
But his paranoia was his downfall.

 

Any president who won a second term hasn't had a smooth ride since at least Eisenhower. And even he had his challenges with Little Rock and the space race.

 

We are hell on presidents.
We should be hell on Congress instead.

 

FDR