Richard Nixon born January 9, 1913

[Jack Rabbit]

Take a Plumber to Lunch Today


Editorial Cartoon by Herblock in The Washington Post
from the Library of Congress

[rurallib]

1. Thanks for ruining my day

[Zynx]

2. Nixon really could look like crap on the wrong day:

[yellowcanine]

4. looks as if he is trying to sneak up on the left nostril there. Or he has bad aim.

[yellowcanine]

3. A day which will live in infamy.

[galaxy21]

5. Is it just me or does W make every president before him look a lot better?

Yeah, Nixon was an immoral crook, but at least he was competent. when he wasn't breaking the law.

Yeah, Buchanan almost ended America as a country...but, he did one or two things right.

Bush has been so bad he just makes every president in history look good.

[WI_DEM]

6. What did Buchanan do right?

[WI_DEM]

7. Nixon looks like a liberal compared to today's republican party.

[galaxy21]

10. the republicans and the democrats were a lot different in the sixties and seventies

You had a lot of really liberal republicans, and conservative democrats. It was less polarized. Guys like Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon would have been democrats by today's standards, and probably Eisenhower. A lot of republicans where pro choice, as well. JFK was quite conservative by today's standards. Martin Luthor King was a republican,as well. Hard as it is to believe.

Basically, people were with one party but often voted however they wanted and across party lines. They didn't define themselves by party. Most people were moderate.

[galaxy21]

8. Eh, actually he probably didn't do anything right

But I'm still not sure he was worse than Bush.

[Jennicut]

9. Yup. Nixon seemed nutso and horrible until Srhrub came along

at least Tricky Dick seemed intelligent and competent even if most of his policies were wrong.

[Lilicat]

11. And I never thought I'd miss him...

until Smirky McJerk took office.

I'll have to watch "Dick" tonight.

[galaxy21]

12. History has vindicated Nixon....somewhat

I think most people are starting to recognize he probably wasn't the worst president ever. Or even one of the worst.

And, like I said, compared to Bush, everyone looks a lot better.