Word: nixon
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First a surprising fact: Richard Nixon received more votes for national office than anyone else in American history--more than Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, more than Ronald Reagan. He was nominated five times for national office by a major party--a record equaled only...
...there was Watergate. But why judge Nixon according to one standard, and other presidents on another? Nor should Watergate overshadow Nixon's very real and lasting accomplishments in domestic and foreign policy...
...Environmental Protection Agency--one of the world's first government agencies devoted exclusively to safeguarding the environment. He passed the Clean Air Act. He started the War on Cancer. He helped the elderly and disabled by indexing Social Security payments to the cost of living. He was pro-choice; Nixon appointees provided the majority in Roe v. Wade...
...progressive on civil rights. William Safire tells the story of how a staffer approached the President some what sheepishly to suggest that he endorse home rule for the District of Columbia. Nixon responded: "Hell, I've been for home rule since...
...Pulling a Nixon goes to China" is almost a stock phrase in the political culture. It's easy to lose sight of just how important the trip was, both for the course of world affairs and in the American mind. I remember the fascination as the cameras panned across the airport in Peking (as it then was), and Americans peered into a land few of them had seen in a quarter century...