Word: nixon
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Fire two or three more people involved, and then change the subject. That, in effect, is what Richard Nixon has been telling Ronald Reagan about Iranscam, according to a White House source. The advice from one old hand to another was proffered in a series of telephone calls, at least two of which, on Nov. 21 and 29, were initiated by Reagan. The best way to limit the damage, Nixon counseled the President, is to make a new, strong push for a Soviet-American summit and arms treaty in 1987. Nixon reportedly believes that Reagan needs a big foreign policy...
...coincidence that the last two Republicans elected President have both been involved in scandals that question the nature and scope of the executive, nor should it be taboo to mention that fact. The coming of the Nixon and Reagan scandals mimics the rise of the fervently ideological wing of the Republican party...
...partisan commentators look to this scandal as vindication of Abraham Lincoln's words, "you can't fool all the people all the time." And those are fine words to vindicate. But the election of another ardent conservative, Ronald Reagan, after the humiliation that was the Nixon Presidency, would seem to prove that while you can't fool everyone all the time, you certainly can do so when their collective memory fades...
...Richard Nixon, on the other hand, had aptly demonstrated his scheming slyness in numerous productions before undertaking his final masterpiece. In Checkers, You Won't Have Dick Nixon to Kick Around Anymore, and his documentary classic, To Kill the 22nd Amendment, Nixon developed an acute sense of reptilian manipulation...
...HAVE REAGAN attempt to reprise Nixon's role, therefore, is like asking Morgan Fairchild to undertake Lady Macbeth. The goal of any serious dramatic production--and for the first time, Reagan's audience is forced to be serious--is to achieve some kind of emotional catharsis. In witnessing the tragic fall of the protagonist, the audience can hope to achieve not only an understanding of the ephemeral nature of man's fortune, but also a sense of well-being based on the fact that, whatever their problems, they are not suffering like the poor schmuck on the screen...