re: Anyone else think Nixon was treated unfairly?

Not really no. People had integrity in those days. These days, politicians doing dishonest things is unfortunately business as usual. Sadly that was practically a reason people were giving to vote for Hillary over Trump

"In 1985, while Iran and Iraq were at war, Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States. McFarlane sought Reagan's approval, in spite of the embargo against selling arms to Iran. McFarlane explained that the sale of arms would not only improve U.S. relations with Iran, but might in turn lead to improved relations with Lebanon, increasing U.S. influence in the troubled Middle East. Reagan was driven by a different obsession. He had become frustrated at his inability to secure the release of the seven American hostages being held by Iranian terrorists in Lebanon. As president, Reagan felt that "he had the duty to bring those Americans home," and he convinced himself that he was not negotiating with terrorists. While shipping arms to Iran violated the embargo, dealing with terrorists violated Reagan's campaign promise never to do so. Reagan had always been admired for his honesty.


The arms-for-hostages proposal divided the administration. Longtime policy adversaries Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of State George Shultz opposed the deal, but Reagan, McFarlane and CIA director William Casey supported it. With the backing of the president, the plan progressed. By the time the sales were discovered, more than 1,500 missiles had been shipped to Iran. Three hostages had been released, only to be replaced with three more, in what Secretary of State George Shultz called "a hostage bazaar."

When the Lebanese newspaper "Al-Shiraa" printed an exposé on the clandestine activities in November 1986, Reagan went on television and vehemently denied that any such operation had occurred. He retracted the statement a week later, insisting that the sale of weapons had not been an arms-for-hostages deal. Despite the fact that Reagan defended the actions by virtue of their good intentions, his honesty was doubted. Polls showed that only 14 percent of Americans believed the president when he said he had not traded arms for hostages."

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Reagan Caught in a Number of Lies

This is from the tape I made in 1986. Jump to the end to hear the media saying that reagan should be let off the hook.

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Reagan was never mercilessly criticized by the media over anything. It did a total roll over.

OK, that's the tip off. You were in prison during the Reagan years and they didn't let you have TV or papers. Got it.

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That is a weird thing to say. I was actually in the Marine Corps during the 1980's. But Reagan never fooled me for a second.

If you need proof that for all his big talk Reagan was weak, just note that he ran up more debt in 8 years than in the previous 200 years.

Nixon wiped his arse with the constitution. He got what he deserved. He quit rather than face impeachment and certain conviction.

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If you need proof that for all his big talk Reagan was weak, just note that he ran up more debt in 8 years than in the previous 200 years.

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Wrong. Reagan doubled revenues with the tax cut which was opposed by the Dems. The Dems ran up the debt. Your knowledge of the period is pathetic.

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Reagan doubled revenues with the tax cut

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I don't think you understand how our system works, Zach.

But more to the point, the economy was in recovery mainly due to the tight money policy of the Fed Chairman, Paul Volcker (who was appointed by Carter).

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The Dems ran up the debt

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Reagan signed the budget bill.

In the previous administration, Carter refused to sign a budget bill because it ran up too much debt - he was vilified by the press for closing down the government.

In spite of the opinions to the contrary, Carter was the last conservative Democrat in office.

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Nixon was a great man.

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No he wasn't.



David Frost: "Were there no limits to what a president can do, even if the president wants to do something plainly illegal? Could he do anything despite the law? Burglary? Forgery? Even murder?"

Richard Nixon: "If the president does it, that means it’s not illegal".

April 6, 1977

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I doubt if you have fifty cents, bubba.

Nixon was a great man.

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Nixon was so great a man that even though McGovern was one of the worst and most clueless presidential candidates ever, and Nixon couldn't fail to win in 1972 -- Nixon was so paranoid that he ordered a B&E of the Dem National Headquarters.

No he broke the law and should have been ousted.

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what he did just really doesn't seem like a big deal

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What he did was send people into Democratic headquarters as burglars to steal strategy papers in the run up to the election. That's bad. He's a farking thief and a burglar.

I can see why a young person might be confused. In the run up to this election, electronic thieves broke into Democratic computers to steal strategy papers. Yet as of this point, no one has been outed as the thief.

Just wait and watch. This will ultimately be found to be very similar.