Ronald Reagan vs. Richard Nixon

[ElectionsGuy]

Reagan, clearly. It should be interesting to see the results.

[Goldwater]

Reagan, clearly.

[Flake]

Have to go with Reagan, even though Reagan once said, "Trees cause pollution." and Reagan's economic system hurt many small businesses when put into effect and it's the biggest reason there's such a large economic contrast in America, he didn't sabotage peace talks in Vietnam.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

UGH, Reagan. I feel unclean.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Reagan, he wasn't the most corrupt president in American history. He was also funny.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Tough one. I love Reagan's views but I am so...fascinated by Nixon the man.

[RR1997]

Reagan of course.

[All Along The Watchtower]

NOTA

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Reagan had some moments of brilliance, despite everything.

Nixon is Hitler with less charm.

[Person Man]

Reagan was much more aggressive, but Nixon was much more corrupt. At the end of the day, though Reagan is a better model for the children.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Nixon is Hitler with less charm.

No. Just no.

[H. Ross Peron]

Nixon cause muh favourite son.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Voted for Richard Nixon with his Futurama character in mind.

Aaaaarrroooooo...

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

The Great Communicator.

[TDAS04]

The one whose first name begins with R.

[Rockefeller GOP]

Reagan, easy choice.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

The one whose first name begins with R.

And last name ends with a vowel, followed by n?

[Consciously Unconscious]

That's so Reagan. 

[Gass3268]

Nixon

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

The one whose first name begins with R.

And last name ends with a vowel, followed by n?

And had won a statewide election in California. And won a landslide reelection.

[RogueBeaver]

The Great Communicator.

[Bigby]

Reagan hands down, though Nixon would be competitive for this if not for Watergate.

[TNF]

Reagan hands down, though Nixon would be competitive for this if not for Watergate.

So Watergate was the only black mark on the Nixon presidency? How about sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks so that he could get elected President? Secret bombing of Cambodia? Overthrowing the Allende government in Chile? Sanctioning the extrajudicial murder of leaders of the Black Panther Party by the FBI? Spying on his political opponents?

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Reagan hands down, though Nixon would be competitive for this if not for Watergate.

So Watergate was the only black mark on the Nixon presidency? How about sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks so that he could get elected President? Secret bombing of Cambodia? Overthrowing the Allende government in Chile? Sanctioning the extrajudicial murder of leaders of the Black Panther Party by the FBI? Spying on his political opponents?

yeah but EPA!!!!!

[© tweed]

Reagan hands down, though Nixon would be competitive for this if not for Watergate.

So Watergate was the only black mark on the Nixon presidency? How about sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks so that he could get elected President? Secret bombing of Cambodia? Overthrowing the Allende government in Chile? Sanctioning the extrajudicial murder of leaders of the Black Panther Party by the FBI? Spying on his political opponents?

yeah, as Chomsky says, Watergate was but a drop in the bucket of the nasty sh**t that is done as a matter of course.  for the period example, see COINTELPRO.  the reason Watergate was so thoroughly investigated and prosecuted is because it endangered the targeted politicians themselves.

I voted for Nixon, but the only "good" things about him were forced on him by the situation: a scary conglomeration of social movements (in retrospect we can see they were in decline, but this was not so clear in 1969), and the long shadow cast by the successful "big goverment" New Deal liberalism of the past 35 years that was still the dominant political paradigm (much as Reaganist neoliberalism is now our dominant paradigm).