Nixon's the One

[Peter K.]

Rob:
>Yeah, but Nixon did what he had to do in light of the times.  Any
>poll-watching dork could have done most of it - indeed, would have.
>Watergate saved the bastard!  If his tenure had survived the 1973-4
>downturn, what standing he has in the eyes of yer average lefty
>nostalgia-buff would be very different.  

I was very surprised to learn about the good things Nixon had done - 
or was forced to do. Still, I associate him with COINTELPRO
and the Vietnam War and the Republicans' "southern strategy."
He was also anti-semitic from what I understand.  Has anyone seen 
Oliver Stone's Nixon? I haven't yet. It's kinda funny that Anthony
Hopkins has played both Nixon and Hannibal "the Cannibal" 
Lector. Quite a range, in one sense.

Peter "Dan "the Man!" Burton" K.