The moron is dumber than Nixon

[BigmanPigman]

since he won't shut up and can't stop drawing attention to the Steele Dossier through his constant tweets. Paying the legal fees for his staff (AKA hush money) is what Nixon wanted to do too. Keith is friendly with John Dean and they speak often giving Keith an inside perspective on how these things play out...or "pay out".

[tblue37]

1. Nixon wasn't dumb--just obsessed, bitter, nasty, and destructive. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I agree.

Richard Nixon

Collegiate and law school education

Nixon was offered a tuition grant to attend Harvard University, but {his older brother} Harold's continued illness and the need for their mother to care for him meant Richard was needed at the store. He remained in his hometown and attended Whittier College, his expenses there covered by a bequest from his maternal grandfather. Nixon played for the basketball team; he also tried out for football but lacked the size to play. He remained on the team as a substitute and was noted for his enthusiasm. Instead of fraternities and sororities, Whittier had literary societies. Nixon was snubbed by the only one for men, the Franklins; many members of the Franklins were from prominent families, but Nixon was not. He responded by helping to found a new society, the Orthogonian Society. In addition to the society, schoolwork, and work at the store, Nixon found time for a large number of extracurricular activities, becoming a champion debater and gaining a reputation as a hard worker. In 1933, he became engaged to Ola Florence Welch, daughter of the Whittier police chief. The two broke up in 1935.

After his graduation from Whittier in 1934, Nixon received a full scholarship to attend Duke University School of Law. The school was new and sought to attract top students by offering scholarships. It paid high salaries to its professors, many of whom had national or international reputations. The number of scholarships was greatly reduced for second- and third-year students, forcing recipients into intense competition. Nixon not only kept his scholarship but was elected president of the Duke Bar Association, inducted into the Order of the Coif, and graduated third in his class in June 1937.

I've often wondered whether, if he had had a better time during his youth and adolescent, he might have turned out differently.

[Loyd]

3. Obsessed with Kennedy, the VASTLY-Better Man

Just like Trump is obsessed with Obama.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Nixon wasn't dumb. He was corrupt and as mean as a snake but not dumb.

He was smart enough and had enough self-control - at least until Watergate really heated up - to behave himself in public and to do his job in a relatively normal fashion. Things started falling apart for him after the Saturday Night Massacre, which was in retrospect was a stupid move, but it was stupid only in the respect that it was arrogant. Nixon was knowledgeable about government but he abused it. Trump doesn't know squat and he abuses everybody and everything.

[Bleacher Creature]

5. As others have said, Nixon was very bright. He was also corrupt and lost his mind. NT