Actually, it’s appalling. I KNOW Dems who despise Nixon more than any other R. Maybe more than any other person in history. You can bet your bottom dollar Kerry and Obama are among them.
Ike, of course, gets a total pass on that hatred. A little scorn maybe, but not the loathing. If the D is younger, W ranks right up there with Nixon. I don’t anticipate that Barbara or Jenna will be endorsing the Dem/Socialist of 2040.
But I haven’t seen anything yet that rivals the way Dems loathe and despise Nixon, to the point where they have seriously anti-Nixon memorabilia in their homes ... 3-4 decades later!
Ike, of course, gets a total pass on that hatred. A little scorn maybe, but not the loathing. If the D is younger, W ranks right up there with Nixon. I dont anticipate that Barbara or Jenna will be endorsing the Dem/Socialist of 2040.
But I havent seen anything yet that rivals the way Dems loathe and despise Nixon, to the point where they have seriously anti-Nixon memorabilia in their homes ... 3-4 decades later!
The hatred felt by the liberals and leftists toward Richard Nixon is, indeed, irrational. After all, this is the man who as vice president denounced and opposed Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wis.), their all-time bête noire. As president, Nixon started affirmative action--completed the desegregation of Southern schools, got us out of Vietnam, ended the draft, imposed wage and price controls, appointed Harry Blackmun--who wrote Roe v. Wade to the Supreme Court, visited Communist China, and signed the SALT I agreement. He should be a liberal hero.