Nixon was also certainly one of the many co-conspirators re the JFK coup . . .
at least in the sense of an official backer who was present in Dallas -- perhaps some
officials were required to be there? Seems that way. Whether for the "authority" they
lent to the coup -- or whatever other reasons, many were there. "Murder On The Orient Express"?
And when it was his turn to be president, he was certainly involved in keeping the cover up
going.
I think Jim Marrs/High Treason I and II explains best that from the very beginning of the
nation and "equality for all" - "all are created equal" - the elites had their sights on
the wealth and natural resources of the nation, not democracy. But they knew they had time.
Finally, as always happens, the right wing rises on violence -- and stolen elections.
How many assassinations of liberal leadership did we have to see to understand that fascists
were taking over our nation?
FDR's Vice President was Henry Wallace -- a true liberal. However, Harry Truman became
the VP only 3 months before the death of FDR!* Truman, IMO, began to move things to the
right. He certainly was no Henry Wallace!
The 1948 Presidential election
Wallace left his editorship position in 1948 to make an unsuccessful run as a Progressive Party candidate in the 1948 U.S. presidential election. His platform advocated friendly relations with the Soviet Union, an end to the nascent Cold War, an end to segregation, full voting rights for blacks, and universal government health insurance. His campaign was unusual for his time in that it included African American candidates campaigning alongside white candidates in the American South, and that during the campaign he refused to appear before segregated audiences or eat or stay in segregated establishments.Though, to be fair to Truman, he did end segregation in the military --
And I do find this bit of news astonishing re Wallace . . . !!! How could he have supported Nixon!?
In 1961, President-elect John F. Kennedy invited him to his inauguration ceremony, though he had supported Kennedy's opponent Richard Nixon. A touched Wallace wrote to Kennedy: "At no time in our history have so many tens of millions of people been so completely enthusiastic about an Inaugural Address as about yours.".<2>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._WallaceYet after Nixon, people were distrustful and suspicious of Presidents. And rightfully so, for Nixon had disgraced not just himself, but the office of the Presidency.Afterwards, yes -- but I'd guess we still aren't distrustful and suspicious enough!
And the right wing continues to try to turn Watergate into a big nothing -- but it was very
serious and has effected what's happening in America today. Nixon's Huston Plan was a plan
to stop the 1972 elections, if necessary. It was modeled on "Operation Northwoods."
Nixon was also trying to bribe the Director of the FBI in offering him a SC position.
Nixon had corrupted much of government -- much as W had done. If you ever watch
"All the President's Men" you'll note that the Hal Linden character says clearly that the
cover-up wasn't about Watergate, it was about keeping all the other covert activities covered up.
We certainly never learned what "all" of that was, but undoubtedly part of it would be JFK coup.
It was Nixon who used the Southern strategy of racial and cultural resentment to such great effect. It was Nixon who pioneered the anti-intellectual streak in American politics-ironic for a President who had a great intellect. It was Nixon who put into practice the belief that "The President is above the law"-a Nixon White House employee, Richard Cheney, would later surpass Nixon in that field with George W. Bush.Undoubtedly, Nixon did everything he could to increase racism -- the Drug War certainly part
of that plan, both as a way to imprison African-Americans and to deny them the vote.
However, we also must keep in mind that the computers began coming in during the late 1960's
so I would question every election back to Humphrey/Nixon! What did Nixon win by? 100,000 votes?
Am I wrong?
The computers -- both the large ones used by MSM which increased their powers from simply
reporting actual vote tallies to PREDICING and CALLING races -- and the electronic voting
computers came in during the mid-and-late-1960's . . . coincidentally, just about the time
America was passing "The Voting Rights Act" -- !!
Was there simply a Southern Strategy? Or was there actually a new way to steal elections?
And it was Nixon, more than anyone, who used the concept of demonizing his opponents-to great effect. Yes -- and the right wing still demonizes. And that really amazes me because if we can't change
the Supreme Court vote on corporate $$ as free speech, we certainly should be able to at least
make taking corporate money DEVIANT!! Why are we accepting this from our candidates/elected
officials????
Nixon was what he was hired to be . . . an able right wing destroyer . . .
They're all adept at destruction! Also keep in mind that Nixon asked Prescott/GOP for
a slush fund over and above his Congressional salary -- and he got it!!
If Reagan and his successors are responsible for the economic problems of today, Nixon is the person most responsible for the political climate that allowed our politicians to be cynical and narcissistic, rather than rational Reagan was very responsible for cutting domestic spending and increasing military budget --
David Stockton, I think, talked about the success of that plan!
Nixon was injecting "uncertainty" into the economy. The destruction didn't happen in one term.
Each Repug took their own hammers to it. Many negative changes immediately after killing of JFK.
Also keep in mind that the Democratic Platform that JFK ran on called for NATIONALIZING the
oil industry. JFK was certainly attacking the oil depletion allowance.
*FDR/Wallace administration ended January 20th, 1945 --
FDR died April 12th, 1945
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