re: #312 Dark_Falcon

The first reply I’d have to that is to be careful about putting Richard Nixon in with the rest of those fellows. Nixon did a number of good things, but he ultimately ended up a viscous man who cared more about punishing those he considered enemies than obeying the law. Like Woodrow Wilson, Nixon stands as a warning of the dangers of the presidency being occupied by someone who has lost their moral bearings.

hmm, ive heard about this blotting of the reputation of ww, and, actually, even participated in a spirited online debate about exactly that

nationalinterest.org

i dont believe a word of it. as far as im concerned, these accusations about ww are wholecloth

however, if you want to mention a democratic president of ambiguous and often unsavory moral principles, i would suggest lbj as a much better choice

caro apologized to lady bird about when he wrote about the bad parts of lbj’s character - he said lbj combined opposites and that you just had to deal with it