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hifiguy

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30. The best thing about it is that Perlstein

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #28)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 03:25 PM

Aug 2014

puts Nixon and Nixonism in the context of the times and shows how the divisions he so skilfully created and exploited remain at the basis of US politics today.

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Nixon by Nixon (Your Opinion, Please) [View all] H2O Man Aug 2014 OP

will record it but when I see Nixon I want to do what Hunter S Thompson did randys1 Aug 2014 #1

Ha! H2O Man Aug 2014 #4

... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #7

IIRC he wanted to drive to the White House and truebluegreen Aug 2014 #10

That story is definitely true. The one about the bag of rats. hifiguy Aug 2014 #15

I agree totally. truebluegreen Aug 2014 #26

Thanks. elleng Aug 2014 #2

You are welcome! H2O Man Aug 2014 #5

Nixon didn't like Jews, as several of the tapes show... PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #3

He hated most people, H2O Man Aug 2014 #6

I do not know what the proper psychological term would be for Nixon hifiguy Aug 2014 #16

...including women. Octafish Aug 2014 #22

Jews, Af.Americans and Liberals. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #24

Those Senators were household names pscot Aug 2014 #8

I was not at all surprised by the Watergate mess... Punkingal Aug 2014 #9

i followed the Watergate hearings on the radio. hifiguy Aug 2014 #17

WHAT AN SOB! elleng Aug 2014 #11

The documentary H2O Man Aug 2014 #12

Indeed, Man. elleng Aug 2014 #13

I watched that and started hating him all over again Voltaire Aug 2014 #14

In more ways than one. hifiguy Aug 2014 #19

Fall damnit, fall! Aroo! NuclearDem Aug 2014 #18

I saw Nixon more for being a man of his times...... dmosh42 Aug 2014 #20

Hope it talks about the ''Hard Hat Riot'' Octafish Aug 2014 #21

Rick Perlstein's book "Nixonland" hifiguy Aug 2014 #23

I agree...his '68 campaign is the template BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #28

The best thing about it is that Perlstein hifiguy Aug 2014 #30

Guy's a real pillar of society. Octafish Aug 2014 #29

Dear old Prescott Bush. hifiguy Aug 2014 #31

It was awesome in the revelation of his actual words hearing them coming from his mouth bigtree Aug 2014 #25

One thing about Nixon puzzles me; I don't know if anyone knows the answer eShirl Aug 2014 #27

That really is the bedrock question hifiguy Aug 2014 #32

Growing up, his family lost two boys to illness. Octafish Aug 2014 #33

His mother was H2O Man Aug 2014 #34