----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 12:01 AM Subject: RE: Steel tariffs
> They were both known liers from the get go. Nixon lied from his first > election, through Checkers, to trying to blame the assasination attempt on > Wallace on the Democrats, to ordering dirty tricks that included breaking > and entering into the Democrat's election headquarters. Clinton got caught > lying about an affair. The American people, when they gave a virtually > unprecidented off year election victory to the Democrats told the > Republicans to back off. The American people wanted Nixon impeached when, > after firing the special prosecuter and the attorney general, he was finally > forced by the Supreme Court to give up evidence that showed his involvement > in the coverup of breaking and entering. > > Dan M. > > While on the whole I agree with you about Nixon. One of > the striking things about that incident was that Nixon was entirely and > completely honest. The reason his speech was so impressive was that he > revealed his entire family's financial circumstances and demonstrated quite > convincingly that he had not improperly profited in the least - he was the > first American political candidate to do something like that. > > While I have a _very_ low opinion of Nixon, it's difficult to argue that he > was as _personally_ corrupt as, well, LBJ, for example. He was interested > in power, not money. OK, I'll stand corrected on the Checker's speach. Dan M. > Gautam >
