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Elisabeth Iler's avatar

Don’t forget Nixon the Tricky Dick so fast, David! And then there was Joe McQarthy, sowing their miserable hate. I grew up in NYC starting in 1949 and my parents discussed all the events of the day with us.

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Daniel Appleton's avatar

Even Tricky Dick faded into the sunset instead of crying, yelling, acting like Linda Blair's character from The Exorcist. He faced his fate with some dignity, unlike TFG.

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Angelica's avatar

Sorry, Nixon did not face his fate with dignity! He should have been prosecuted and maintained his innocent with comments like (when a President does it, it's legal) (paraphrased)

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Barbara (NJ)'s avatar

And yet, after 20 years of laying low, he emerged as an “elder statesman”—barf!

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