Nixon's the One

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Sat Feb 24 18:26:27 PST 2001


The progressive landmarks of the Nixon administration had far more to do with people in the street than those around the White House.

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 03:50:31PM -0500, Gordon Fitch wrote:
> 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.
>
> Peter K.:
> > 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. ...
>
> It may be that Nixon heartily agreed with Welfare-state
> practices accompanied by a repression of dissidence at home,
> and imperialism abroad. One can hardly say there is some
> fundamental contradiction between the three, as the ghost
> of Bismarck could tell you.
>

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list