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Jewish World Review Aug. 7, 2014 / 11 Menachem-Av, 5774 The Nixon resignation at 40By Cal Thomas
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On the occasion of this week's 40th anniversary of In fact, Nixon committed political suicide. He thought he could get away with what other politicians had done, but forgot the rules are different for Republicans. The Post event resembled a celebration with much laughter and stories about how Publisher The story of how These men were Democrats and though Johnson's legacy is tarnished by his escalation of the Vietnam War, he deservedly earns plaudits today for his work on civil rights legislation. Cal's and many, many more. Sign up for the daily update. It's free. Just click here.
Nixon was different. While Kennedy expertly schmoozed the press and Johnson was a master manipulator and arm-twister, Nixon brooded about slights and injustices he felt had been done to him. When Nixon wrote and thanked me, but then launched into a diatribe about the media and how they never understood her and by implication him. My other personal remembrance of Nixon came in the early 1970s. I was trying to become a network correspondent at Nixon, or someone on his staff, likely pre-cleared the speakers in order to avoid the potential embarrassment of one of them criticizing Nixon for not immediately ending the Vietnam War. Speakers included Rev. I found these events uncomfortable and a contrast in content and form from my own church experience. An explanation came when the secretly recorded Oval Office conversations became public and Nixon is heard taking G0D's name in vain and disparaging Jews and his "enemies." On hearing the tapes, Graham expressed shock and dismay at Nixon's language, though on one recording Graham is heard agreeing with Nixon about Jews controlling the media, a comment for which he later apologized. Nixon defenders have always contended that he did nothing different from other presidents. Maybe, but he certainly appears to have done a lot more of it than other presidents and his personality was anything but endearing to the press and to those on his "enemies list." Nixon seemed to be saying to the press, "hit me again, I can take it." Nixon was not a conservative Republican. He imposed wage and price controls, created the Still, he remains one of our most fascinating presidents and one we can be sure historians will "kick around" for at least another 40 years.
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