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That pretty much sums up why Nixon was reviled and disliked so greatly. Watergate just gave the reason to bring him down. Add in his demeanor, foot-in-mouth speech and looks and you have a villain made for the '70s.
JFK looked like prince charming next to RMN and McGovern looked like the easy-going, reasonable uncle next to Nixon's sweaty, molester uncle persona.
And yet the article is right. Nixon did a lot. Relations to China and Title 9 have give any other president a decent legacy alone. Of course RMN was his own worse enemy with a sociopathic streak but he was also a victim of the times, his appearance and manners. A tragic figure but in context of today's admin -- my god he was a liberal.
