Rex, I am not sure at all about Nexon being a "decent human being at his core" or anywhere else. He was racist (the Southern Strategy and the Drug war, both intended to keep Black Americans down as far as he and his friends could push them), a warmonger who expanded the War in Vietnam instead of working to end it as he promised voters, a…
Rex, I am not sure at all about Nexon being a "decent human being at his core" or anywhere else. He was racist (the Southern Strategy and the Drug war, both intended to keep Black Americans down as far as he and his friends could push them), a warmonger who expanded the War in Vietnam instead of working to end it as he promised voters, and not especially supportive of any non-white groups. His assistance to Joe McCarthy was notable and he didn't seem to mind when innocent people were blacklisted because of his and McCarthy's efforts. He undermined the Vietnam peace talks which people didn't know about until long after his death, but President Johnson who knew about it thought it would look really bad for our country if he let the word out. I think those things ere his core. He did a couple of decent things like EPA and Title IX, but more due to extreme pressure when a river caught fire and cancer in toxic places was being reported at frightening levels. Trump is worse in so many ways, primarily due to his ignorance and unwillingness to learn anything positive, but they both share a core believe that they are supreme and should be permitted to do and say whatever they wish with impunity. Pardoning Nixon was a huge mistake and has made me see only that, when I hear President Ford's name.
Rex, I am not sure at all about Nexon being a "decent human being at his core" or anywhere else. He was racist (the Southern Strategy and the Drug war, both intended to keep Black Americans down as far as he and his friends could push them), a warmonger who expanded the War in Vietnam instead of working to end it as he promised voters, and not especially supportive of any non-white groups. His assistance to Joe McCarthy was notable and he didn't seem to mind when innocent people were blacklisted because of his and McCarthy's efforts. He undermined the Vietnam peace talks which people didn't know about until long after his death, but President Johnson who knew about it thought it would look really bad for our country if he let the word out. I think those things ere his core. He did a couple of decent things like EPA and Title IX, but more due to extreme pressure when a river caught fire and cancer in toxic places was being reported at frightening levels. Trump is worse in so many ways, primarily due to his ignorance and unwillingness to learn anything positive, but they both share a core believe that they are supreme and should be permitted to do and say whatever they wish with impunity. Pardoning Nixon was a huge mistake and has made me see only that, when I hear President Ford's name.