It's unfair and inaccurate to compare Bush and Nixon

[Armstead]

Richard Nixon got caught and insisted "I am not a crook" and tried to fight that percerption by denying that he had broken any laws.

GW got caught and said "I broke a law that I decided was inconvenient. What ya going to do about it chumps? Ha,ha,ha."

The comparison is unfair to Nixon.

[bluestateguy]

1. Nixon did a lot of good things

EPA, OSHA, Endangered Species Act, ending the draft, relations with China, affirmative action programs.

It was just those whole Vietnam and Watergate things, but those were, uh, kind of big things.

[Fleshdancer]

7. He was certainly a paradox, wasn't he?

I guess paranoia and power isn't a good mix. :shrug:

[DaveinMD]

8. Nixon

stared the entire southern strategy. It was the beginning of Republican wedge issue politics.

[Vidar]

28. He deserved impeachment, but the good outnumbered the bad.

[FloridaPat]

2. Nixon got us out of a quagmire - * put us in one.

Nixon could actually talk and walk at the same time. Nixon only bugged the Democratic headquarters during an elecion. * has easdropped in thousands of Americans for 5 years. We lost no cities or buildings under Nixon.

[joeybee12]

3. Oh, and Nixon was lawfully elected and re-elected...

...and his daughters never smoked pot--at least not to my knowledge.

[leftstreet]

4. The comparison is ONLY about WIRETAPPING. n/t

[Katherine Brengle]

5. Nixon... "I am not a chimp!" n/t

[jazzjunkysue]

26. ROFL!!!

:ROFL:

[Innoma]

6. You're Right. Nixon Was Intelligent.

While Bush is...

Er...

Anyone wanna help me out on this one? No? Anyone...........?

[Kierkegaard]

14. Vacuous?

[Democrats_win]

9. Nixon had talent: played piano. * is a waste of space.

[emulatorloo]

13. Bush can barely play his iPod

<snip>

The task of downloading the music falls to the 58-year-old president's personal aide, Blake Gottesman, who buys individual songs and albums from the iTunes music store.

<snip>

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/bush.ipod/

[madokie]

19. but he can tear up a cedar 'bush'

[bballny]

23. I ;d love to see his playlist

I bet it's putrid

[Nutmegger]

10. He was also set to be impeached

While the members of Congress today could give a damn (with the exception of a few of course).

[Justice Is Comin]

11. Right, Bush is the first one to admit

he committed a high crime and bragged about it :rofl: BIXON.

[benddem]

12. and Nixon didn't

say Nucular.

[elfin]

15. I see a partial rehab of Nixon coming

I used to HATE him, but now recognize his "middle way" to advance foreign relations ala China, the EPA and "urban renewal' projects which got lost in his paranoia resulting in Watergate and trying to find an inextricably way out of Nam.

I think he would find Dubya abhorrent.

I NEVER thought I could hate anyone more than Dubya - but Nixon looks good right about now.

[MissWaverly]

17. before you get too nostalgic

just remember who invented dirty tricks,the white house plumbers, the enemies list, and it was his dream to create one party rule in the US, and the brutal suppresion of student
protests that included Kent State.

[elfin]

21. I agree -to a point

His paranoia about "executive privilege" primarily about 'Nam obliterated his positive aspects.

If not for 'Nam and his reliance on Kissinger/McNamara etal - his domestic and other foreign policies would place him among "moderate progressives".

A mighty big IF, I agree.

But it pales in comparison with the Demander in Thief.

[MissWaverly]

22. I understand but Nixon was the architect of all this

In many ways he was the architect of what's happening now, including wiretaps, remember
the swiftboating of Kerry, he even hired the same guy. Bush just expanded on his
ideas; so many of the forces that can into play back then including executive privilege
are still in effect.

[enid602]

16. similarities

Nixon was intelligent; Bush is not. I think Bush sees himself as an FDR of sorts. Packing the Court, and changing the relationship between the public and government. An anti-FDR, if you will. One who's trying to use 9/11 much the way FDR used Pearl Harbor.
In reality, I think Bush is closer to LBJ, albeit a socially conservative LBJ. Both brought the dirtiness of Texas politics to government. Bush seems to be politically wed to Cheney, ex-Halliburton CEO. LBJ was married to Lady Bird, a Halliburton heir. Both presidents ascribed to the theory of long-term limited warfare, much to the delight of the defense contractors.

[CatWoman]

18. oh, yeah?

:rofl:

[AnnieBW]

20. At Least Nixon Did Something Good...

Opened up China to the West and brought home some pandas.

Err... on second thought, that "opening up China" part might not have been such a hot idea.

[Armstead]

24. More like China opened us up

[abex]

25. more alike than unalike nt

[jazzjunkysue]

27. Could nixon pronounce nuclear?