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Why didn't watergate taint the republican party for a generation?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:51 pm
Pretty incredible, really. Ford nearly beat carter only 2 years after nixon resigned. And then, only 6 years later, reagan won in a very big landslide.
Shouldn't it have been fairly easy for the dems to make the GOP "the party of scandal" in the ten years or so following watergate?
Bush 2 hurt the GOP more than Nixon did longterm. Carter was an albatross across the dem neck longer than nixon was a republican albatross.
Shouldn't it have been fairly easy for the dems to make the GOP "the party of scandal" in the ten years or so following watergate?
Bush 2 hurt the GOP more than Nixon did longterm. Carter was an albatross across the dem neck longer than nixon was a republican albatross.
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Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Nixon was a genius and a good (borderline great) President. W. Bush was the worst two-term President in US history.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Because the ideas and the policies from the Left are so damn bad.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Watergate was a constant source of irritation to the Republican Party through at least the early nineties.
ETA: There was “gate” after “gate” after “gate” allegations levied against them. Constantly invoking the ghost of Nixon.
ETA: There was “gate” after “gate” after “gate” allegations levied against them. Constantly invoking the ghost of Nixon.
This post was edited on 2/4/18 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:55 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Shouldn't it have been fairly easy for the dems to make the GOP "the party of scandal" in the ten years or so following watergate
Well. Carter did a LOT to make people forget Watergate
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The Dems picked Carter, and God gave us Reagan.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:56 pm to ShortyRob
Not to mention. Let's be blunt here.
In 2018, Watergate wouldn't even make the top 10 scandals of the decade.
In 2018, Watergate wouldn't even make the top 10 scandals of the decade.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:57 pm to SirWinston
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Nixon was a genius and a good (borderline great) President. W. Bush was the worst two-term President in US history.
Obama was a better president than Bush in your eyes?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 12:59 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
the R's were the ones who went to Nixon and told him his actions were indefensible and he would have to go, contrast that with the D's that circled the wagons and whored themselves to protect Bill Clinton.
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And that is the difference between the 2 parties
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And that is the difference between the 2 parties
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:00 pm to SirWinston
quote:
W. Bush was the worst two-term President in US history.
He didn't impress me any either, but this is just dumb. We haven't even begun to get to the bottom of the damage Obama has done to this country. The corruption was stem to stern for his entire presidency.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:01 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Because Carter was so damn bad and Reagan was good.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:02 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
A major part was the fact that Carter was a debacle.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:17 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
One thing that helped the Republicans was the way they took ownership of the problem and forced Nixon out.
It became a bad apple thing rather than the party being corrupted.
It became a bad apple thing rather than the party being corrupted.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:18 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Because its primary goal was to taint the presidency itself, and it worked.
Why didn't watergate taint the republican party for a generation?
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:22 pm to SirWinston
quote:
W. Bush was the worst two-term President in US history.
No. LBJ, Grant, and Wilson were worse.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:26 pm to blueboy
quote:The primary goal was the man himself. Democrats loathed him. He did not help his own case because of his chicanery.
Because its primary goal was to taint the presidency itself, and it worked.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:30 pm to Wolfhound45
The term "post-Watergate" does not refer to Republicans alone.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:31 pm to Wolfhound45
I was just looking through some LSU course offerings and they have a class called the Age of Nixon 1964-1994 so yup
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:33 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
2 reasons...
1.) Nixon was actually seen as a great president before watergate happened. He won in a HUGE landslide in 1972, and I thought his handling of the Vietnam War was great.
2.) Reagan got the party back on track and redirected its focus to his conservative principles. Reagan was seen as a different kind of republican than Nixon. It also helped that Reagan was a skilled orator, and Carter was kind of a bore.
1.) Nixon was actually seen as a great president before watergate happened. He won in a HUGE landslide in 1972, and I thought his handling of the Vietnam War was great.
2.) Reagan got the party back on track and redirected its focus to his conservative principles. Reagan was seen as a different kind of republican than Nixon. It also helped that Reagan was a skilled orator, and Carter was kind of a bore.
Posted on 2/4/18 at 1:34 pm to dantes69
quote:What were Clinton's crimes again?
contrast that with the D's that circled the wagons and whored themselves to protect Bill Clinton.
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