I can't remember Nixon being this koo-koo-bananas wacko - and I'm an Old Person

[jpak]

Best of luck Senate Repugs!

[Wounded Bear]

1. Nixon was a real politician who knew to try to be presentable in public...nt

[unblock]

10. well, except when it came to footwear and beaches, perhaps:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/gallery/2014/04/richard-nixon-awkward-american-icon-000036?slide=0

[JCMach1]

2. I remember paranoia, not kookoo

but I was just a kid...

[Takket]

3. Because he wasn't. Drumpf is a lunatic

[Mike 03]

4. The only quote from Nixon that you hear from time to time

is the one about "You won't have Richard Nixon to kick around anymore." Was that the "Checkers speech"? If that's the craziest speech he gave, he has nothing on this current guy in the White House.

[rsdsharp]

7. No. That was after he lost the 1962

California gubernatorial race. He was probably drunk at the time.

[Mike 03]

18. Oh thank you!

I need to read a good book about Nixon.

[madinmaryland]

15. I think the checkers speech was when he was veep. 1956? nt

[Mike 03]

19. Thank you!

[madinmaryland]

20. The most obvious quote is "I am not a crook".

[Archae]

22. 1952, when he and Eisnehower were running the first time.

Nixon was accused of having a slush fund from rich republicans, so he went on national TV and slung the bullshit big time.

Including invoking the dog, saying he was going to keep it.

[hlthe2b]

5. If he was I'd be willing to blame it on the alcohol and stress-induced paranoia.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. One thing about Nixon,

Politics was sport for him. He was the master of Political shit sandwiches for his opponents.

[marybourg]

6. You're right. He kept the shreds of the

dignity of his office around him. This guy is insane.

[LeftInTX]

8. I don't either

But I was in high school and didn't pay too much attention to behind closed doors stuff. On TV Nixon was plain old normal. As a matter of fact, he was too normal and I had a hard time believing everything. (But I was a bit naive...For years, I didn't believe Wayne Williams killed all those kids cuz he didn't look like a killer)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Nixon had issues but he managed to seem relatively sane in public.

It's been reported that he drunkenly wandered the halls of the White House talking to the portraits of past presidents, and that he was always pretty paranoid. But he wasn't obviously barking mad.

[wryter2000]

12. I'm also old

Nixon did whine a bit about how awful the press was to great guys like Haldeman and Erlichman. And he did belly-ache that the Silent Majority loved him. But he acted sane in public. Less so in private, I gather.

[Vinca]

13. He wasn't. He was conniving, shrewd and basically evil, but he kept his wits about him.

[Hoyt]

14. Nixon was a class act compared to this. trump looks so pitiful and beaten. I love it.

[StarfishSaver]

16. We thought it was weird that he was talking to portraits in the hallway

Good times ...

[empedocles]

17. Maher has made references to that Nixon habit

[ehrnst]

21. Not to praise him, but Nixon cared about being a functional politician.

Trump, not so much.

[GulfCoast66]

23. Not even close. Nixon was done in for a cover up. Of a 3rd bit robbery.

And had some legit accomplishments. China being the biggest. The EPA another. He was not for it but signed the bill so gets some credit.

He had issues, was dishonest and a racist creep. And apparently a drunk. But I think part of him really did love the US. And he seemed to genuinely love his family.

Trump has proved time and again the US means nothing to him. Nothing or no one does. Except trump. He thinks of nothing else. He would throw Uday and Qysay under the bus if need to save himself. Jarvanka as well. We already know how he feels about the younger ones and what he thinks of his wives.

[lindysalsagal]

24. "Iyamnottacrook" is all we got.

There's a cruise ship full of crazy yet to be exploded....