Blackhatjack
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Tue Oct-14-08 03:51 PM
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So Bush is Now More Unpopular Than Nixon at the Height of Watergate? |
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That is what I heard on one of the radio stations this week.
Is it true?
It should be.
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slackmaster
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Tue Oct-14-08 03:53 PM
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1. I believe it, and in 1974, when Nixon was at the peak of his shame, |
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Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 03:55 PM by slackmaster
My mother, a life-long Republican at the time, told me we wouldn't see another Republican President elected for a whole generation.
Well, getting it right one time out of four isn't too bad, I guess.
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Captain Hilts
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:03 PM
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2. Yes. Hatred for Nixon was hotter, but not more widespread. GWB is in Hoover's range now. nt |
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:22 PM
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3. I don't think hatred for Nixon was that hot. At least I didn't feel it while living on the campus. |
Captain Hilts
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:28 PM
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5. The people that hated him, really hated him - if only for expanding the war he said... |
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he was ending.
Among a lot of conservatives Watergate was "just a third rate burglary."
Hoover still sets the standard.
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Tue Oct-14-08 04:22 PM
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4. Nixon still had a lot of vocal defenders when he resigned. W - not so much. |
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