LOL! Actually this is the first time he has blamed a predecessor and been right!But in one key point he's worse. Nixon didn't throw subordinates under the bus the way this guy does.
It's funny, since he does seem to patterning his administration after Nixon, what with the lying, secrecy, enemies list, and John Mitchell Jr. as AG, et. al. But NOAA should be in the Interior Department, I agree. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
Arguably, Nixon's greatest failing was he tried to protect his subordinates who did wrong. Originally Posted by JD BarleycornQuite right. Nixon didn't have any direct knowledge beforehand of Watergate, it was way below his level. But out of misguided loyalty he tried to stonewall it and it cost him his Presidency. Had he just throw G. Gordo and the rest under the bus he most likely could have survived the scandal. But let's not lionize Nixon too much after all he wasn't called "Tricky Dick" for nothing.
Nixon had too many flaws to even list, but he did have an "enemies list" which speaks volumes of how his devious mind operated.You know Barack Obama was compiling an enemies list and was asking others to turn in there fellow Americans? http://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=11099
I have often wondered how such a fucked-up individual ever made it to the highest office in the country.
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Originally Posted by Fast Gunn