re: #398 HappyWarrior

Yeah I know. Here’s an interesting fact though. He was on the president/vice president ticket more than any other person for the major parties. Five times.
Twice as Ike’s running mate, Once when he lost in 1960, and his two wins in 68 and 72. I have a lot that I dislike about him but he intrigues me since he’s such a tragic figure to me in some ways.

He would definitely get his own chapter in the Guinness Book of Presidential Records, if such a thing existed. All those campaigns, plus the beginning of impeachment proceedings, followed by resignation.

My Dad loved him. Was about the same age, and cared mostly about two issues: communism and taxes, both of which he hated. So the Nixon of the 60’s was his guy. In his study, my Dad had like 10 photos of the Nixon family under the plate glass that covered his desk.

No question Nixon was a political survivor, and he was in the right place at the right time to pick up the pieces after the Goldwater massacre in 1964. Everyone had written him off after that gov loss in 1962, and he managed a comeback. Incredibly skillful pol done in by his own hubris. I think Watergate kinda broke my Dad’s heart politically, and he never supported any pol in either party as much afterward.