Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...them by the invocation of national security or, alternatively, executive privilege. Whatever the merits of our involvement in Chile, it is clear that the American people were entirely excluded from any voice in making the decision, and as I read the Helms affair, it was the intent of Richard Nixon to prevent the Congress or the people from ever finding out the true nature of what was done...
According to Price's analysis, the media attack on Nixon actually peaked in the period after resignation, when suddenly, "the press simply had no one to call into account any more, so the sky was the limit as far as letting their imaginations run wild. The real spasm of hate that erupted at the time of the Nixon pardon told a lot about the media," Price says...
...former president's confidante appears particularly circumspect in speculating on what elder statesman role Nixon may be able to play in the future, and it is clear that Price believes media rehabilitation of Nixon must precede a public role for the 37th president. "Obviously, I think Nixon's a tremendous national resource and it's a shame he can't be used. I don't think it's realistic to expect him to be used at this point," Price says. Price seems uncomfortable when conjecturing about what type of elder statesman role might suit Nixon...
Clearly, Raymond Price has carved out a role for himself in the campaign to rehabilitate Richard Nixon in the eyes of history. Try to view Richard Nixon through non-Watergate colored glasses, Price recommends, and Nixon will be remembered as one of the great American statesmen of this century. In With Nixon, Price writes, "In the immediate aftermath of Richard Nixon's fall from grace and power, his administration was remembered chiefly for its end. But to see it only in these terms is to miss the central significance of one of the most momentous six-year periods...
Only in the last several months has Price witnessed the start of this reconsideration of Richard M. Nixon. Press treatment of Nixon has only recently grown more balanced, Price says. "Things are gradually changing," Price maintains. "History and the public are going to look on the Nixon administration substantially differently ten years from...