richard nixon

[bobtheduck]

in light of the latest manic street preachers single "the love of richard nixon" and being fully aware of his failings but what were his achiements?

[Ouisch]

He is credited for removing America from the war in Vietnam. He opened up relations with the Peoples Republic of China, and pursued detente with the Soviet Union, which resulted in the signing of the SALT I treaty.

[bobtheduck]

wasnt the worst president then

[Ouisch]

No, most sources credit Warren G. Harding with being the worst president.

[bluedolphin]

I know its only a movie but I was quite enthralled by Nixon dir Oliver Stone...I gives some idea of the span of his achievements and ghosts ....worth a watch.....read only one of his books though.

[Ray the DJ]

He built a whopping great bank account for himself, as do all the other politicians.

[cruthinboy]

Nice to see the Manics not being afraid to tackle contemporary issues!

[Yeah Bee]

Well he raped democracy when he helped Pinochet steal the power from elected socialist president Allende of Chile then murdering him and hundreds of thousends of politicly active chileans. One of them was Victor Jara. When the soldiers saw that they had captured Victor Jara they smashed his guitar and chopped his hands of, then told him to sing, and sing he did, every vers of the the communist parties song, then they killed him and buried him in an unmarkt grave. Nixon did all this because Allende had nationalised Chile's coppermines, Chiles salary as he called them.

[Yeah Bee]

He was responsible for the Watergate scandal. Two of his loyal peers got busted breaking into the Democratical parties headquarters to steal info and plant bugs. He then lied about it like a resent president. He resigned before trial and Gerald Ford now acting president released him from prosecution. The journalists how uncovered it got the pulitzer prize