Word: nixonian
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Yeltsin was a unique political mix. He combined a folksy, Reaganesque simplicity with a Nixonian sense of political intrigue (and paranoia) plus a tendency toward accidents that recalled Gerald Ford. On one occasion he was too drunk to leave his plane for a planned meeting with Ireland's Prime Minister--even though, I was told, aides slapped him to bring him to consciousness...
...once wrote that Yeltsin was a unique political mix. He combined a folksy Reaganesque simplicity with a Nixonian sense of political intrigue (and paranoia) plus a tendency toward accidents that recalled Gerald Ford. He once fell into a small river near his dacha outside of Moscow, surely drunk, possibly related to a tawdry love affair. On another occasion he was too soused to leave his plane to meet with the Irish Prime Minister - even as aides committed the ultimate lese majeste and slapped him hard to bring him to consciousness...
...Presidential Records Act, passed in 1978 as a reaction to Nixonian secrecy, is not a criminal statute, and the President himself oversees its compliance. In fact, the only possible punishment would be to bring criminal charges based on the theft or destruction of government property. That duty would fall, of course, to the Attorney General...
...than the original, but shares the same obsession with history, the same mix of pride and vulnerability. "It is Guédiguian's Mitterrand, not mine," says Védrine. "But it's not a false picture." In some other country, perhaps, Mitterrand would carry more of the heavy Nixonian baggage, and perhaps some day he will. For now, the French regularly rank him just after Charles de Gaulle in their catalogue of favored Presidents, even if his political legacy remains unclear. "The left's problem is that there is no Mitterrand doctrine, like the one De Gaulle left behind...
Where Clinton’s doublespeak was confined mostly to his own adultery, Bush has extended the practice to all other aspects of his radical agenda. He has defiled the presidency with rare Nixonian gusto, in domestic as well as foreign policy. The damage caused by devastating deficits, a laissez-faire Environmental Protection Agency and an energy policy secretly crafted by energy executives will require decades of truly compassionate leadership to overcome...