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!
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.
You left out his starting the EPA !!!
It was a different world then, a totally different world.
“He should be a liberal hero.”
Exactly. However, nailing Alger Hiss was unforgivable to them. Ann Coulter’s excellent book “Treason” goes into detail about this.
Let Mr. Nixon’s legacy be a lesson: the left is far more unforgiving than the right ever tries to be.