Highlights of a 1982 CNN Crossfire interview with former President Richard Nixon, including uncensored comments during a commercial break.
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@woyame13 жыл бұрын
You realize how truly horrible the standard is now, when you realize that this guy for decades was considered the worst example of political corruption and poor character. He comes across as top-shelf compared to most of the offerings we get nowadays.
@freebeerfordworkers3 жыл бұрын
Harold Wilson British Prime Minister in the 1960s said the following about him; No American president ever understood the Russians as well as Nixon and no American President ever got as much out of them.
@retrorampage90153 жыл бұрын
Because he would of been great had he not cheated.
@joejacobs80083 жыл бұрын
He was a strong intellect
@russellking97623 жыл бұрын
@@faifai5343 Well spoken Fai Fai!
@russellking97623 жыл бұрын
@@tencraziest5697 Well spoken!
@ExploreAlways5 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for a barrage of F-Bombs. This actually showed a rather well-behaved and self-restrained Nixon.
@Btn11364 жыл бұрын
Very respectful descriptions of the Kennedys’. I worry we have a new normal now.
@samc69234 жыл бұрын
God damn ? You like that phrase captain man of God
@homescool37674 жыл бұрын
yea fuck him to hell
@jacklewis38034 жыл бұрын
Or W-bombs
@tskibrownski77114 жыл бұрын
Weird for you , not a mans man
@eminusipi Жыл бұрын
I've heard that if someone watched the Kennedy Nixon debates on TV Kennedy won, but if they listened on radio, Nixon won.
@jamie42172 Жыл бұрын
heard that too
@wordup897 Жыл бұрын
Kennedy looked good while Nixon had stubble and was sweating bullets.
@samuelbutler9968 Жыл бұрын
He may have been a crook 😉, but Nixon was definitely a rhetorical master
@5.0king32 Жыл бұрын
The reason for that is the way Kennedy looked vs Nixon and how Nixon spoke vs Kennedy. Great comment
@michaeltracy2725 Жыл бұрын
@@samuelbutler9968so is every other politician…
@danstvguy Жыл бұрын
He actually is quite charming, affable. I don't remember this side to him. The media must have really hated him.
@xipingpooh57833 ай бұрын
All of Washington DC vilified President Nixon as VP and as Commander in Chief. The Media despised him because they couldn’t debate him and win. The CIA set him up for the fall with Watergate to rid them of the threat of Nixons goal to reform the House and Senate. Reminds me of recent History with another President who had an election stollen with fake ballots.
@pp-bb6jjАй бұрын
Oh yeah the media and the people who run them.
@cr41gieboyАй бұрын
Just like Trump. They HATE that man so much they don't even try to hide it.
@jinnindo25 күн бұрын
'Anyone who picks up a ... newspaper in the morning and does not see himself slandered in it has not made profitable use of the previous day; for if he had, he would be persecuted, reviled, slandered, abused and befouled.'
@ancelrick53964 жыл бұрын
He speaks of his political rivals with respect. That's so weird.
@cybergothika69064 жыл бұрын
It just shows how politicians were even more hypocrites. It isn't like it degenerated to what it is today, it is just showing its real ugly face now.
@ancelrick53964 жыл бұрын
@@cybergothika6906 Nah. It' shows that manners and decorum in public discourse mattered. It those days you could disagree with political opponent and still be civil and respectful. Being in opposing political parties did not make them blood thirsty mortal enemies. It was probably before you were born. It was much less polarized.
@cybergothika69064 жыл бұрын
@@ancelrick5396 That's just your opinion. Mine is stuck with anarchy. How naive a person has to be to believe that matters, plus, that thing got impeached so, morals are very low. Don't worry it has been like that just for the past 10 thousands years.
@ancelrick53964 жыл бұрын
@@cybergothika6906Well, you know what they say, opinions are like A$$holes, everybody has one.
@cybergothika69064 жыл бұрын
@@ancelrick5396 Opinions means shit when you crumble the law in pieces, so I have a better saying. No honor among thieves. Like on French revolution beheading accusations.
@robertjohnson43012 жыл бұрын
This "crook" is a boy scout compared to today's politicians.
@RatatRatR2 жыл бұрын
He was a real piece of shit too though.
@InformalGreeting2 жыл бұрын
Nixon was never as bad as people want to pretend he was. Especially 21st century people. His biggest flaw was paranoia followed closely by being loyal to his people. He could have easily thrown Liddy and the plumbers under the bus and walked away unscathed. Instead he tried to protect people that did something extraordinary stupid but did it in an effort to help him. People that know nothing more about Nixon that the Watergate claims owe it to themselves to learn more. The man was extremely intelligent and capable. His steps towards normalizing relations with China played a big part in the Soviet instability that lead to their collapse. People claim that Trump had an election stolen from him, but Nixon really did. JFK’s team cheated better.
@tylergould62452 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha, NO.
@clc-gl4jn2 жыл бұрын
Cough cough Joe “let 13 service members and many Afghani’s die” Biden Cough cough
@tylergould62452 жыл бұрын
@@clc-gl4jn yes, Biden flew to Afghanistan and literally blew up some of our soldiers…. You are an idiot! Ok now it’s your turn to try to explain to me why you are not an idiot, start now!
@ExtremeBeatlesArchive Жыл бұрын
"Nixon with no expletives" would be a more accurate title.
@SRSOSChannel23 ай бұрын
No, the title is correct because this is how his cuss words were displayed by the media at the time. The redactions were called 'expletive deleteds' at that time.
@TheWolfjak3 ай бұрын
@@SRSOSChannel2shut up nerd
@cookie673 ай бұрын
What do you mean. He says "shit..it makes him feel like a god damn animal".
@Lancer_0010Ай бұрын
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@redrider8036 Жыл бұрын
Like him or hate him. One has to admit his intelligence and ability to articulate his thoughts are significantly better than probably the last dozen Presidents.
@Sharkfowl11 ай бұрын
So the best orator since LBJ? Lol
@Chadillac-xq7xk11 ай бұрын
Eh. Debatable You might not like them, but Obama, Clinton, Reagan, were all very good speakers. The only exceptions I'd say are Biden, Trump, and Bush.
@Afro.G.11 ай бұрын
Obama was a great orator. One of the only things he was good at in reality.
@captainjakemerica457911 ай бұрын
@jordanb.2653 nah he was good at many things
@elvisleeboy10 ай бұрын
@@Chadillac-xq7xkNixon was evidently far more well-read than all of those who followed. The ones you cited were decent enough at delivering pre-written speeches, but Nixon was vastly more articulate and knowledgeable, as many of his interviews proved.
@udxpierre2 жыл бұрын
Oh look at this, a President that can speak coherent sentences.
@punhoss2 жыл бұрын
It is shocking....how bad things have become.
@cameroncooper41752 жыл бұрын
So could Obama, so could Clinton [so could Bush senior, and Carter - and Reagan until the second half]. Since he early 90s, Republicans seem determined to elect the inarticulate - possibly because they relate to them better. They want to elect someone like them.
@themonkeofthenorth78262 жыл бұрын
Oh look at this, a leader that can lead that isn't a Cheeto
@Thehandsomeliberal2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't he also a criminal?
@udxpierre2 жыл бұрын
@@Thehandsomeliberal I think most of them were....one word "politicians"......the history of the American Presidents taking it on them selves to "War for Peace" is in it's self a criminal act against humanity.
@SeaMonkey1372 жыл бұрын
The only shocking things (by today's standards) I heard him say were the respectful descriptions of his political rivals.
@TheLachsta2 жыл бұрын
He also, you know, spied on them
@pickledblowfish61782 жыл бұрын
@@TheLachsta which is absolutely standard now, across the board
@TheLachsta2 жыл бұрын
@@pickledblowfish6178 it shouldn't be
@abubaseet2 жыл бұрын
It's true. Things were different in the US back then. The political and social polarization that's gripped our country simply didn't exist anywhere near to the current extent back then. It was often difficult to tell Republican from Democratic platforms. I used to think that was a bad thing, until I started seeing how things were progressing with party platforms begin to take on more extreme ideological tones. And look where we are now. I couldn't see an American politician speaking both decently and candidly about a political rival anymore, especially from another party.
@DavidM-tg1oy2 жыл бұрын
@@TheLachsta...and they on him...with relish!
@copenhagen611610 ай бұрын
Back when you could strongly dislike somebody but still acknowledged your opponents as people with good careers and lives without name calling or shouting obscenities.
@ascendant959 ай бұрын
I wasn't alive during Nixon's administration, but something about this guy is super impressive to me. He is so classy, yet he can go off cuff and say profane things. You can tell he loved the country and wanted to be a good President.
@FingerinUrDaughter6 ай бұрын
a lot of people arent alive from his administration, because when he wasnt drafting civilians for pointless wars in 3rd world shitholes that he was trading to china and russia, he was ordering civilians abducted and tortured. dont be impressed by nixon.
@dontlookback35495 ай бұрын
but he failed miserably and was, for the most part, a contemptible human!
@dougmacmillan17124 ай бұрын
I was alive during Nixon's administration. He was a horrible, paranoid human being. A lot of our problems today started with that SOB.
@MundiaKamau4 ай бұрын
@@dontlookback3549Who has succeeded where Richard Nixon failed? America looks like it's falling. All of us all over the world look like we are falling, including us here in Africa. If Richard Nixon truly was "the enemy," global society would be a paradise by now. Richard Nixon resigned as US President just under 50 years ago in August 1974, and neither American society, nor global society in general, is a paradise yet. Far from it. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 9th January 2024.
@karmaplushie40074 ай бұрын
@@MundiaKamau Wrll stated. People have been lied to so much they can't even recognize a lie blatantly told to their faces anymore, make zero effort to critically think for themselves and ask absolutely no questions. We, Americans, here things like "Watergate Scandal" and never ask what that even was. What were the documents that Nixon was allegedly going after? WHY were these papers being held in a hotel? They just blindly accept the narrative presented to them and sxoff at the audacity of others that don't just guzzle and then regurgitate whatever news "programming" tells them.
@RichardMNixon-zh6uz8 жыл бұрын
This contains expletives? This isn't jack shit.
@MortimerTheMortified8 жыл бұрын
Richard Nixon You're typing through your head-jar, I assume.
@zachxL8 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr. President.
@RichardMNixon-zh6uz8 жыл бұрын
+zachxL Hello, hello. Hey, you know a smartphone is a lot like a woman? Depletes energy like crazy, lights up when it gets plugged in and only 5-10% of it is worth a damn.
@zachxL8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Nixon LOLOL
@DarkLight7538 жыл бұрын
+Richard Nixon "I am not a crook".....course not Dickie!
@ericynot3 жыл бұрын
I could never stand Nixon, but I always found him fascinating and smart. You don't have to like a person to learn from them.
@djf7502 жыл бұрын
he would have made a GREAT Secretary of State
@jimmy2k4o2 жыл бұрын
And would have made a terrible CIA director. Lol God rest his soul. Nobody is kicking you around anymore sir.
@thedude47952 жыл бұрын
kind of how I learned from your comment, just kidding!!
@dommirra54292 жыл бұрын
My feeling's exactly as yours! Very good point!
@nope9292 жыл бұрын
If you're smart enough to be president then you're smart enough to have some great quotes. And yes, that includes Trump and Biden. You may not like either, but they're far smarter than the average person, even at their age.
@angusdog22 Жыл бұрын
Eisenhower was a great human being . Underrated as a president during the most dangerous time in human history .
@Bill877624 ай бұрын
Definitely my fav president- funny that Nixon daughter married Eisenhower grandson
@blaquenguni92493 ай бұрын
Eisenhower allowed Allen and John Dulles to make the US the biggest war mongering nation the earth has ever seen. He was a milliary industrial complex puppet, they killed Patton coz they knew Ike could be controlled.
@reneauvray3440Ай бұрын
My dad always said Eisenhower was the best president in his time.
@theosnepenthes8751 Жыл бұрын
Amazing interview. Nixon was by far the most intelligent president the United States has had in the last 100 years.
@@peterg5383 Nice, link to a page that is not found. Yes Nixon had among the highest known I Q scores. Not the overblown faked ones like they have given out for Bush Jr and Obama either.
@hamburgerboy13 күн бұрын
@@peterg5383 Imagine believing that garbage, it's just a handful of rando "experts" reading anonymized secondary sources about the presidents, scoring them, and then creating a flimsy model to fit them to IQ. Also, their model predicts that JFK had the third highest IQ, when we know JFK is the one president for whom we know an actual IQ score (119; quite low for a world leader), indicating further that their model is trash.
@jbw68234 жыл бұрын
This guy was such a mixed bag. Big pluses, big minuses.
@scotchrobbins4 жыл бұрын
Even speaking as a strong lefty, he started the EPA and pulled us out of Vietnam. Leaves me conflicted.
@jbw68234 жыл бұрын
@@scotchrobbins me too.And my draft number was coming up quick. Dodged a bullet. Literally.
@AChunkyDog4 жыл бұрын
@@jbw6823 Meanwhile, others volunteered because they refused to be drafted and wanted to save at least one of their countrymen, even if it meant sacrificing themselves.
@jbw68234 жыл бұрын
@@AChunkyDog pretty sure that was a minority. It wasnt ww2. It was a stupid war where thousands of innocents were killed. they saw it as a war of independence from colonialism. And no dominies fell. Now we are friends.What a waste.
@AChunkyDog4 жыл бұрын
@@jbw6823 A waste indeed. Nixon would have loved to drag the war on. Communism sucks, but we can't help those who won't help themselves.
@WhatTheHe11isTHAT4 жыл бұрын
Click-bait title. Was expecting a lot of foul language when it's actually a good interview.
@San_Deep25014 жыл бұрын
Bruh.. What more can u expect from cnn?
@RantKid4 жыл бұрын
@@San_Deep2501 cute that you blame CNN. They're playing the game that KZfaq (and its fans) has made for them. Clickbait YT algorithms existed long before mainstream news networks regularly used YT. Nice try tho. *Me see CNN. Me hate.* Neanderthal.
@San_Deep25014 жыл бұрын
@@RantKid ok boomer
@RantKid4 жыл бұрын
@@San_Deep2501 As long as I'm right! Glad you agree :)
@camacaron063 жыл бұрын
Rumpel Felt CNN and Fox are both highly biased and deceptive.
@gchukma Жыл бұрын
I've always thought of Nixons most compelling moments. When he spoke of his mother and from the speech, "others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself". Interesting man. He led an amazing life, climbed to the highest heights and at the end, did the right thing. An old general, who just faded away. Let history be our guide.
@Rat-Salad10 ай бұрын
Erm he didn’t just ‘fade away’ he was a criminal who was pardoned.
@donthaveaname10869 ай бұрын
@@Rat-Saladso we’re the rest of the US presidents. They just didn’t get caught by the public.
@davidmenasco57439 ай бұрын
That's a great saying. It's ironic that he hated so many people so much ("enemies list"?), that indeed he did destroy himself. Perhaps there was a reason why his mother cautioned him so strongly against hate.
@guy-nt9jt9 ай бұрын
@@davidmenasco5743 Trump: "Of course I hate these people. Let's all hate these people. [the Central Park Five] Maybe hate is what we need if we're going to get something done. [restore the death penalty]"
@MundiaKamau4 ай бұрын
@@Rat-Salad Who has succeeded where Richard Nixon, the "criminal," as you put it, failed? America looks like it's falling. All of us all over the world look like we are falling, including us here in Africa. If Richard Nixon truly was "the enemy," global society would be a paradise by now. Richard Nixon resigned as US President just under 50 years ago in August 1974, and neither American society, nor global society in general, is a paradise yet. Far from it. Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 9th January 2024.
@kjsud55468 ай бұрын
I'd vote for this man
@jimmieclark463822 күн бұрын
So would I . I remember Nixon and If I would have been old enough to vote I would have vote for this man and knowing what I know now this man was innocent Democrat are horrible
@agreen1825 жыл бұрын
What an odd title for this video. You focus on the 2 curse words he mumbles under his breath rather than the insightful commentary on 20th century politicians. Huh.
@darkgreenrifleman48714 жыл бұрын
How else will they trick people to watch?
@sunix65514 жыл бұрын
@@darkgreenrifleman4871 Good point
@jorgeespinosa31794 жыл бұрын
President Nixon was and is still the target of a smear and discretization campaign. True, his presidency ended in the worst possible way. However, time and distance are now reevaluating his time in the White House and the man himself. Not surprisingly, his administration accomplished much, from establishing the EPA and DEA, among other things. Compared to today's corrupt, political climate, moreover, President Nixon's political crimes diminish in comparison. To his detractors, however, he will always be a loser. But it can not be denied, he defended freedom and Democracy, and went toe-to-toe with the communists like no president before or after him. He was well hated for his bombing strategies, but he had a job to do. Time will eventually redeem President Richard Nixon.
@karenmerry32514 жыл бұрын
Omg! Nixon was the devil in a mans costume! Listen to a few watergate tapes!
@dahawk85744 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeespinosa3179, The enduring legacy of Nixon is that all scandals are branded with the -gate suffix. This is the signature he left on the USA. No matter what amount of good you do, like the astronauts in The Right Stuff indicated, all you need do is screw the pooch one time. History will remember you as a dog fucker. Nixon certainly did many great things. But I see no path for redemption, other than revisionist history. Well, actually what is happening with the office of Potus HELPS Nixon in a curious way. Now historians can cast him in this light of having only gotten caught screwing the pooch one time, whereas we now know that there is a person empowered as Potus who did it regularly, and bragged about it.
@williamperry117 жыл бұрын
Remember back when members of both parties could form coherent sentences? I miss those days...
@samgarthherrington6 жыл бұрын
williamperry11 lol me too...and at least acted like reasonable upstanding people. Ahhh the good ole days.
@UFBMusic6 жыл бұрын
williamperry11 I'm envious of you a year ago!
@MICHGO16 жыл бұрын
COVFEFE?
@a.cardott39286 жыл бұрын
I believe it was HS Thompson who when asked about the Bush dynasty, said seriously "makes Nixon look like a statesman"
@guitarman75736 жыл бұрын
williamperry11 The only party i see having a hard time forming words are the republicans.
@Rawnervscope11 ай бұрын
Nixon looks like an honest politician in hindsight
@Bill877624 ай бұрын
Especially now we see Hilary and Obama did the same thing he did- which they likely all do. Bill Clinton did. But Nixon made the decision to resign, though he may have changed the direction of this country.
@TheOneAndOnlyRalph3 ай бұрын
Nixon was a Lying Sack of Shit!
@jj47913 ай бұрын
Compared to Bush Jr. Trump. And Biden. Nixon WAS A SAINT. Mary the Mother of God should pray "Hail Richards".
@griffinreitz7041 Жыл бұрын
He was a brilliant man. I didn't realize how brilliant till I read the transcripts of the tapes. Had some major personality flaws, but few understood the politics of the world like Nixon.
@AKHWJ3ST8 ай бұрын
Personality flaws? As compared to whom? Biden? McCain? Romney? Clinton? Bush? etc.
@crackthefoundation_5 ай бұрын
Romney for his faults does seem to actually attempt to follow his own morality, which is almost nonexistent today
@georgefeser24872 жыл бұрын
1973: You're full of crap, Nixon! 2021: You make a valid point, Nixon!
@rockthemoose662 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check my program... yep!
@ericynot2 жыл бұрын
Both of those things can be true. And were with Nixon.
@kaisertreu62762 жыл бұрын
He was both intelligent and well-spoken on the one side and wrong and corrupt on the other side.
@joycheek6756 Жыл бұрын
@@kaisertreu6276 all Presidents are corrupt to a certain extent
@Taospark Жыл бұрын
A valid point about what? He committed the most crimes out of any President in US history including Trump.
@TheAmericanLoudmouth3 жыл бұрын
The idea of Nixon in the 80's is weird. Imagine him buying an NES.
@user-xp8wk1zt2p3 жыл бұрын
or 90s
@HasSalute3 жыл бұрын
@@user-xp8wk1zt2p nice username
@raptalos94123 жыл бұрын
Honestly I love that thought. Seems like what Futurama Nixon would do
@user-xp8wk1zt2p3 жыл бұрын
@@HasSalute thanks. Hugs and kisses
@ianhines23023 жыл бұрын
⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ by the 90s he wasn’t functioning really
@Agtsmirnoff11 ай бұрын
Nixon was so based. Really need someone like him as President again.
@victorkaps66175 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@humanforfreedom95834 жыл бұрын
“Terrible book out about LBJ, makes him look like a god damn animal, and he was” Ha ha damn right everyone who knows, knows.
@mooganify4 жыл бұрын
King
@arisdelis14 жыл бұрын
LBJ was involved in the CIA assasination of JFK...implicated by Nixon..and Howard Hunt
@specialk33574 жыл бұрын
That was the best part, crazy stuff.
@michaelg25024 жыл бұрын
He then muttered "He was a man"
@Kyle_Schaff4 жыл бұрын
*Anno Domini* Okay, bro
@mcd33792 жыл бұрын
For all of his failings, ethical and otherwise, what you can't question is Nixon's intelligence and his brilliant insights into the "American Political Machine" - he knew politics and people inside out.
@2Bluzin8 ай бұрын
People like that are very common, they are called evil genius.
@TheKitchenerLeslie8 ай бұрын
The CIA didn't get caught spying on behalf of him by accident. It was a setup. One of the guys actually confessed to killing Kennedy, on video, on his death bed. CIA controls the media through Operation Mockingbird, they shape narratives to get you to believe what you think you believe. Do you really believe what you thought you knew?
@Edgelawd7 ай бұрын
@2Bluzin Nixon was not evil, he had several issues, hugely misunderstood.
@Beigebunnyhunny6 ай бұрын
@@Edgelawdevery American politician has bits of evil. To comprehend every way we operate this country and take a stand thinking they are doing anything differently, our government and country was founded and thrived from being corrupt. lol they are all crazy and able to be evil
@sqd37l4 ай бұрын
and cnn defends biden, clinton and obama
@jaydibernardo4320 Жыл бұрын
"...and always remember that those who hate you don't win. Only when you hate them. And then, you destroy yourself."
@gabrielsyme4180 Жыл бұрын
Back when Presidents has CLASS!
@johncampbell39124 ай бұрын
you think this guy had class? kidding, right?
@Tripperchris4 ай бұрын
Nixon is - so far - the only American president who was forced to leave office. If he had not done so, he would have been the first president to be forced from office by impeachment. No president of the U.S.A. has been closer. So I don't regard Tricky Dick (as he was nicknamed) as a president with "class".
@gabrielsyme41804 ай бұрын
@@johncampbell3912 Nixon conceded an election for the good of the nation even when his opponent cheated. Hillary and Gore couldn’t bring themselves to do that when they lost fair and square.
@ethzero3 жыл бұрын
What a refreshing thing to hear long coherent intelligent sentences.
@pjcgaming95482 жыл бұрын
Also a interviewer who will let the person answer a question without jumping in every 5 words.
@TheGheseExperience2 жыл бұрын
When is the last time you heard somebody say a regular sentence without lol omg like
@jonothandoeser2 жыл бұрын
Yes.. in the BIDEN era!!!!
@codyleslie4782 жыл бұрын
Seriously.. we have a president now who literally cant finish a sentence if it's not on a teleprompter. And sometimes not even then..
@quattro44682 жыл бұрын
@@jonothandoeser what? Theyve ben shot since regan bush and clinton.
@QueenetBowie4 жыл бұрын
Has to be one of the most complicated US politicians of the modern era, the guy did some bad things but I grew up thinking he was some kind of monster, I was blown away the first time I heard that he created the EPA as president, the more I read the more amazed I was. Seems he was a victim of his own paranoia.
@AChunkyDog4 жыл бұрын
Well, I suppose he redeemed himself after letting people die across the pond by founding the EPA Good dude.
@SN29034 жыл бұрын
He was an amazing President. Watergate is over hyped bullshit
@AChunkyDog4 жыл бұрын
@@SN2903 Obamagate is an underhyped but much more serious scandal.
@SN29034 жыл бұрын
@@AChunkyDog Agree. The Nixon memoirs are amazing. The best book I have ever read. You can learn a lot about how to be a success just looking at his career. Guy came from nothing and became President.
@jamesm.39673 жыл бұрын
Nixon was a talented dude who got caught up in the politics of revenge. Call him the Walter White of politics.
@cptsparklfingerz92103 ай бұрын
One of our most underrated and better Presidents. Completely overshadowed by watergate which is sad cause the man did a lot of great things for this country.
@keithrobert5117 Жыл бұрын
Very clever, a thinker, and realist, Nixon had many qualities and attainments. He outclasses every other US politician, with the possible exception of Lincoln.
@MrDeadsurfer6 жыл бұрын
Nixon once gave a speech at a train stop in Fontana, an entire speech, just to one man, my father, a newspaper reporter at the time. My dad loved him after that.
@thatguy69196 жыл бұрын
I dont like Nixon for mainly humanist reasons but goddamn that sounds inspiring
@pauline45815 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this story.
@justafanintexas79135 жыл бұрын
Turns out this interpretation isn't exactly correct. Nixon just finished giving a speech at the station and after the people dispersed he held court with 5 reporters. I have the names of the five reporters. Who was your father?
@RobandRachelDahl5 жыл бұрын
Interesting how the person just gave a secondary eyewitness account of something his father told him, and you just tried to debunk it. People are idiots.
@justafanintexas79135 жыл бұрын
R and R D - You notice he didn't reply? Shall I tell you why? Because the five reporters Nixon spoke with were women. I don't doubt his father heard a speech and then asked a question in a quorum of reporters but the only small, private engagement involved five female reporters. Next time do the research before you can pretend to call anybody an idiot.
@emmc98982 жыл бұрын
For those of you who clicked on the bait: he mumbled a grand total of two “expletives” under his breath.
@JaredConnell2 жыл бұрын
WHOEVER WROTE THAT TITLE IS A 👀 god damn 👀 ANIMAL
@Sprite_5252 жыл бұрын
Right? A total nothing-burger
@atendriyadasa67462 жыл бұрын
Rip Off !! - there ARE no bleepin' expletives.
@0217ldp2 жыл бұрын
Disappointment is one word. That's why I clicked on it, he's quite articulate
@anthonypreziosi302 жыл бұрын
The 'NIXON TAPES' would show you the kind of MONSTER HE WAS...if he didn't like you, he'd investigate their taxes...THIS IDEA PROBABLY CAME from SPIRO AGNEW, HIS VICE-PRES.-GUESS WHAT SPIRO WAS CONVICTED OF???...I GAVE YOU A HINT!!!
@KellsKats Жыл бұрын
It’s interesting to see that Nixon was actually an extremely knowledgeable man. I’m not saying he’s a saint, but it’s just interesting to see such a different time.
@s70rk7 жыл бұрын
It's funny how his head becomes president of the world 1000 years from now. in Futurama.
@SleepNeed7 жыл бұрын
Arrooo!
@jackrohde47097 жыл бұрын
s70rk Laff My Ass Off
@TheMatthess7 жыл бұрын
s70rk arrrooooooo
@QueefJuiceOverflow7 жыл бұрын
When I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place! -- Tricky Dick Nixon
@teddelguercio21737 жыл бұрын
You see, the Constitution says that no "body" can serve more than 2 terms as President. haha
@jadsayegh62836 жыл бұрын
"Cuz he was!" that cracked me up! I LBJ getting roasted, but you can tell that Nixon held him in high esteem anyway.
@niyomphusopha53755 жыл бұрын
Yes, Jad Sayegh, u right
@coopergoss3504 жыл бұрын
@DJ AND KERRI'S UFO lmao citation please
@thebrutusmars4 жыл бұрын
He said “of course, he was!” But that’s just a minor nitpick lol
@weeniehutwednesday64494 жыл бұрын
@@coopergoss350 Lmao is the Vietnam War good enough for you? Agent Orange? He may not have killed anyone by his own hand but as president you take responsibility for the wars that the country is brought into and the deaths that result from it.
@coopergoss3504 жыл бұрын
@@weeniehutwednesday6449 true, sortof. I agree.
@Tracysbrokenwing Жыл бұрын
He describes a good president as a sociopath. Nice.
@ghostlycondom8295 Жыл бұрын
For one to run the masses against other psychopathic powers at that time was great.
@user-iz1pb2sg9f3 ай бұрын
The fact that I had to scroll down so far to find, at last, something worthy of praise, tells me TWO things: 1) most people commenting here are as sociopathic as Nixon, LBJ & "friends", and (2) you must be a Christian in spirit and in truth. God bless you, Tracy. I pray that I should see you and yours in the Kingdom of Heaven! Amen. [ btw, you do realize that Revelation 13 is soon to be fulfilled, yes? ]
@Tracysbrokenwing3 ай бұрын
You as well my friend🤗❤️ be safe and yes. Yes it is.
@dlaird8 Жыл бұрын
Nixon is without a doubt one of the most interesting people ever and he had a great personality.
@nomibe29118 жыл бұрын
I'm a liberal and I've read numerous books on Nixon and one thing no one disputes is the man's intelligence and sharpness. It's a shame that he was so paranoid of his enemies and had no one within his inner circle to stand up to him or simply say Mr. President you've won. He wanted to go further and beyond what he needed to do because he was a great politician which is evidenced by his landslide victory. I find his tapes to be rather amusing and find his humor to be one a kind.
@mykel19908 жыл бұрын
He's one of those men who are very gifted, and ambitious and let it run away with him. From sabotaging peace talks in 1968 in regards to Vietnam and Watergate, he was his worst enemy, but very gifted and very intelligent even if he was a bit of a Machiavellian type.
@aaronmarshall12128 жыл бұрын
He was a Narrccistic Sociopathic feircely intelligent.
@bduhe2198 жыл бұрын
+nomibe2911 for me, he was a man who felt he had to prove something. he had to make them pay for making him feel inferior. it was all in his head. he was not a very likable man, i mean his personality was rather aloof and cold, considering he was a politician. he had the great intelligence, but without warmth and compassion, you are an empty shell who possesses great power. and that is a dangerous mix.
@MoeGreensRightEye8 жыл бұрын
+nomibe2911 It's true that Nixon was paranoid but I think for a reason. The press hated his guts ever since the Alger Hiss business and were determined to get their revenge
@bduhe2198 жыл бұрын
***** the paranoia came way before he was even elected in congress. the press had reason to dislike NIXON, it was his dirty tactics he employed to win elections. the smear on HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS for one example. he was a ruthless man. the press despised him for that. they thought he could not win an election clean and free of dirty smear campaigns. and for that, his paranoia grew. but it was of his own making. for him, that wa sa ftal character flaw.
@ahill46422 жыл бұрын
Came for the expletives. Stayed for the excellent, intelligent speaker with interesting and powerful insights. Wow. 😳
@jackuzi82522 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I never thought I'd say "Mister, we could use a man like Richard Nixon again."
@runner30332 жыл бұрын
Do you really want to blow your mind? Watch Johnny Carson from the 70's and compare to the TV Funny Men of today.
@JoseVega-dw8ig2 жыл бұрын
Same tbh. I would expect Nixon to be very sharp with expletives lol
@FlatlandMando2 жыл бұрын
Additional Wow
@jim0212 жыл бұрын
Nixon is generally regarded as one of, if not the most intelligent President of the 20th century.
@bobwhite2 Жыл бұрын
What a breathe of fresh air to hear him. Honest, well spoken, and intelligent. The leading politicians of today barely reach his toenail, worse, they cannot be included in the same category.
@jessemohring3484 Жыл бұрын
Hearing him speak and listening to jfk speak politics seemed so much more respectful and professional back then. Todays world is a reality tv show.
@pukalo6 жыл бұрын
Richard Nixon would make a great narrator.
@accam67344 жыл бұрын
pukalo [CDN] prison films.
@5039451584 жыл бұрын
If he was such a good narrator why did he lose to JFK in the 1961 debate?
@onlythewise14 жыл бұрын
@@503945158 ha ha keneddy fought in ww2 and was a good talker to
@aaronscarpa74694 жыл бұрын
সরপুরিয়ায় পোকা because he was sick. Seriously. Read first-hand accounts of the debate.
@onlythewise14 жыл бұрын
@@503945158 keneddy was so good and Nixon was so tired he had jet lag at least try to knows things
@scottwitkowski12982 жыл бұрын
I'd vote for Nixon over any GOP or DNC canidate today. Worst part is, he's more honest than the current field.
@metalslather2 жыл бұрын
Sad state of reality
@DrPhil-nv5fg2 жыл бұрын
We have assholes like Mitch McConnell and Lindsay graham on one side and dipshits like chuck schumer and Nancy pelosi on the other.
@sharif35002 жыл бұрын
Nixon hated the Kennedys. He lies like a true politician
@scottwitkowski12982 жыл бұрын
@@sharif3500Just for example, Obama was the most charismatic and successful President we've had in 40+ years...... I hate Obama with a passion. He was mostly successful in following through on his promises. He claimed he would transform this country, and he definitely did. Personally, I think Obama destroyed what good was left in this country. But, If I shared Obamas opinons, I'd hang his picture on the wall. You can complement a persons strengths and still hate them.
@sharif35002 жыл бұрын
@@scottwitkowski1298 I never mentioned the Obamas. Keep up with the conversation
@slinkyseal5783Ай бұрын
Remember when politicians read books and could discuss them?
@rodneybjornstad9016 Жыл бұрын
Of all people from my life I would have loved to have had a private chat with Richard Nixon. Would have been Awesome . I was born in 1960 so I got to get a good look over next couple decades . Very smart man.
@carolynargabright81328 жыл бұрын
I agree with Nixon about what makes a good President, "Someone who's warm on the outside, but tough and cold on the inside, who gets things done".
@jamesdragonforce8 жыл бұрын
+Carolyn Argabright As long as we admire these qualities, we will always have the forthcoming problems therein. We should stop that. Wasn't Martin Luther King both warm on the inside and out?
@KrypticAsylum7 жыл бұрын
Nah, he followed that philosophy. He was shy of committing acts of brutalism in the name of victory.
@zeitGGeist7 жыл бұрын
Carolyn Argabright "without fear of failure" yeah sounds like trump hahahaha
@permaculturedandfree24486 жыл бұрын
Obama/clinton....cold mofos
@sabrinanascimento52486 жыл бұрын
Remember he said he was not a Crook😂
@postscript672 жыл бұрын
His comment about Eisenhower being a military man who expected his subordinates to do what their chief wanted reminds me of another general who became a political leader. When the Duke of Wellington became British Prime Minister and held his first Cabinet meeting, he said afterwards: "I gave them all their orders but then they wanted to sit around discussing them!"
@Jide-bq9yf2 жыл бұрын
😅😅😅
@eddihaskell2 жыл бұрын
The Prime Minister of the U.K., even the venerable Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon, never has dictatorial powers. He or she can be removed by their own party, or (indirectly) by a vote in a general election, at any time. Winston Churchill was removed as Prime Minister right after VE Day because the Labour Party won the general election. Churchill did have nearly dictatorial powers during World War 2 in Europe due to his leading of a three-party coalition government.
@deadasfboi Жыл бұрын
@@eddihaskell If you think about it, would changing a political leader in the middle of the war would be a great idea?
@guitarfan01 Жыл бұрын
@@deadasfboi If the first leader was a bad one and made bad decisions, yes. This is why Chamberlain was replaced by Churchill in May 1940.
@philippburnett6045 Жыл бұрын
@@eddihaskell yea, he might have defeated Napoleon. But he won’t be able to defeat Napoleon at his prime. Wellington got lucky in that sense and that was his biggest achievement as a general
@iforgotthenamemate Жыл бұрын
When i read about Nixon, he came as a person who took himself too serious, almost constantly expecting someone to cross him or mock him.
@davidmenasco57439 ай бұрын
He puts up a great front, but inside, he had serious issues.
@kenpalmer334211 ай бұрын
RICHARD NIXON WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PRESIDENTS EVER
@blindthrall Жыл бұрын
So refreshing to hear a president that can think in complete thoughts.
@thisguy736 ай бұрын
Donald J Trump ended the deficit in his 4 years and would stop Ukraine and Hamas wars in 24 minutes or less!!! DO YOU NOT FOLLOW HIS CAMPAIGN SPEECHES!! MAGA!!!!!!!!!
@slowbro1738 жыл бұрын
He's so damn sharp. It's pretty intimidating really
@adams14588 жыл бұрын
+Rick Dryden he was well respected, but teachers and professors hate him for OBVIOUS reasons.
@GestapoPussyRanch8 жыл бұрын
+Joseph Reilly You mean like what is happening in the Middle east now with Obama pulling out?
@GestapoPussyRanch8 жыл бұрын
Bush was an awful leader...Obama still is.
@hellespont50728 жыл бұрын
How can people so easily forget that this douchenozzle began the disastrous War on Drugs?! Let's not ignore his little sadistic sidekick Kissinger. They both have blood on their hands, these people should not be praised!!
@hellespont50728 жыл бұрын
***** Care to elaborate...?
@frankdodd33554 жыл бұрын
"Shit, it makes him appear like a God damned...ANIMAL." ::beat:: "Of course he was..." Great set up and punch line, R.N. :)
@KidMillions4 жыл бұрын
The punch line was "But he was a MAN."
@kreek222 жыл бұрын
@@KidMillions You don't know what a punchline is.
@butchie2752 Жыл бұрын
I was and remain an admirer of President Nixon. Smart and tough. Who’ve we had since then who was better?
@johnwinthrop2702 Жыл бұрын
fascinating i loved hearing his description of the kennedys and his political analysis.
@jntj30075 жыл бұрын
I appreciate Mr. Nixon's praise for F.D.R. and Mr. Johnson, even though they were from opposing political parties. This interview was a very candid one. In today's culture, Nixon, in spite of his own dirty dealings, would be a highly valued Godsend.
@3seven5seven1nine95 жыл бұрын
If it weren't for Watergate, Nixon would be remembered as one of the better presidents
@toxicrush5 жыл бұрын
@@barbarabowry3652 what
@79goldmaster14 жыл бұрын
Nixon's foreign policy would have protected the Shah of Iran. Jimmy Carter let down the world and even today we are seeing the results.
@Bruce_Gruesome4 жыл бұрын
Lol everyone likes to say “oh he wasn’t so bad” after republican presidents get destroyed by liberals their entire term. In 5 years you’ll hear “Trump was a funny guy and a decent president if he didn’t say so many dumb things”
@IdiotBoxProductionsTV4 жыл бұрын
Joseph Grenner he is a good president
@joespice7854 жыл бұрын
This dude carried 49 states come election time! That just blew my mind when I came across that.
@skoots63034 жыл бұрын
But for some reason, he was stupid when he hired burglars to break into the DNC headquarters.
@MRB16th3 жыл бұрын
@@skoots6303 If Nixon had said the burglars were working for the Russians (who believed the Watergate Hotel was a nuclear facility) and tossed them into oncoming traffic, nobody would have questioned it. And the press would also get to poke fun at the Russians for good measure.
@Kardia_of_Rhodes3 жыл бұрын
@@MRB16th He could have easily swept it under the rug, but his paranoia got the better of him and it showed. If anything, I have mad respect for Nixon actually coming to terms with what happened, as opposed to what any other politician would've done.
@MRB16th3 жыл бұрын
@@Kardia_of_Rhodes Fair point. He collapsed and basically realised he was screwed. You have to admit, using Russia (and ludicrously poor intel) as a scapegoat would have saved his hide, while Liddy and Co. would have been branded as traitors.
@russellking97623 жыл бұрын
@@skoots6303 he would have done it himself if he didn't have to get up early the next day...Fact!
@joep51462 ай бұрын
I really wish that Nixon was alive, in his prime, and running for POTUS right now. We need his warmth, ability to communicate, statemanship and intellect in the worst way.
@fm-9129 Жыл бұрын
Idc what you say. Nixon was extraordinarily intelligent.
@zap41563 жыл бұрын
Back in the day where even bastards had nobility. Noble bastards no more...
@legbakukulan48453 жыл бұрын
So noble he almost started a nuclear holocaust because he couldn’t handle his liquor
@leplus12 жыл бұрын
I like how he acknowledges LBJ as a political operator, and truly a political animal of the highest order. He is quite possibly the greatest Parliamentarian in the history of Western Democracy. Also Nixon is such a tragic figure, he feels like a Shakespearean character. Edit: For Nixon I think Goethe’s Faust is more apt than any Shakespean tragedy.
@jamie42172 Жыл бұрын
if ya study texas history much you'll what he did to get elected.
@Levottomat01 Жыл бұрын
Parliamentarians? For American, quite possibly, but look at other countries that operate in a parliamentary system and they'll eat any American politician alive.
@chrisroberts4999 Жыл бұрын
He was a crook
@ash_11117 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisroberts4999what did he steal???
@jeremieletellier807 Жыл бұрын
@@ash_11117 1948 US senate election
@jimeagle5509 Жыл бұрын
I like this Nixon guy. I think he’s got a chance of running the country well.
@jasonblack4208 Жыл бұрын
"Listen, I don't want a president who is warm on the outside and warm on the inside too. I want one who is warm on the outside, but I want one who when the tough decisions are made is cold, and tough and will make the right decision without fear of failure" .....wow, that is low-key the BEST description of what being a real man is about I've ever seen.
@calebbean1384 Жыл бұрын
Now they are just cold through and through oof
@Hexon66 Жыл бұрын
And he failed on both counts. He was cold and bigoted on the outside, and though he made cold, tough decisions, they were rarely the right ones. I'll refer you to Anna Chennault, G. Gordon Liddy and the entire nations of Cambodia and Laos as resources for his despicable nature.
@cyclenut3 жыл бұрын
In 1970 I was 7 and went to the capital to speak about child abuse. That day on President Nixon was a great person to me. He let me stay in the White House and was a father to me as my parents were abusive. That day I also meet former first lady Jackie Kennedy.
@chernovbrichtofen47673 жыл бұрын
Trump would told you to get out and that’s not his problem
@DaMathias3 жыл бұрын
So the president let you stay in the White House an took care of you cause your parents were abusive? Im not sure if I misread something but that seems pretty far fetched, not saying you’re lying its just pretty confusing that a president would let you chill in the White House
@cyclenut3 жыл бұрын
@@DaMathias Yes, President Nixon did let stay for prolonged times in the White House. President Nixon and the First Lady were very good to me. I don't care what anyone thinks. By the way, there were newspaper stories about it. They would be in the Washington DC newspaper archive. 10-1970 to 7-1972. My parents moved to NC to escape legal trouble.
@cyclenut3 жыл бұрын
@@pythontron8710 That can happen with the abuse from sick minded parents.
@johnnybeanz12963 жыл бұрын
@@DaMathias I agree with you mostly because it wouldn’t have been in the child’s best interest. I think this was more like a dream a neglected child had where the memory became the reality.
@theraginginfernape94964 жыл бұрын
Came for the "expletives" but stayed for the respectable insight into 20th century politics. It's such a respectful analysis on his rivals and his thoughts on the a great President still hold up today. Because heaven knows we need one like that.
@AA-ke5cu Жыл бұрын
One of the best presidents in the last 65 years. History proves this out.
@TroubledTrooper Жыл бұрын
What book is he talking about? EDIT: Found it, he is talking about "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent" by Robert Caro, who is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of American Presidents.
@danieleskridge3180Ай бұрын
Actually it’s Path To Power, the first book, which was published in 1982, same year as this interview. Means of Ascent wasn’t published until 1990.
@shawn66696 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine Trump describing someone as a 17th century Jesuit Priest?
@thatguy69196 жыл бұрын
I Laughed so hard when he said that, most religious and conservative sentiment ive heard in a while, and despite his ideal of a 17th century Jesuit being warped it was an eloquent allusion that I respect
@shawn66696 жыл бұрын
Paul WT: Who were you responding to?
@EPJamesMacAdams6 жыл бұрын
Claystead Trump attended Jesuit Colleges
@MikeDunn5 жыл бұрын
I love the fools that underestimate Trump.
@marias75995 жыл бұрын
Claystead Lol
@bridgetryder53526 жыл бұрын
Nixon's daughter married Eisenhower's grandson.
@peggyfranzen61595 жыл бұрын
Bridget Ryder Yes.Club of Rome Like the Haopsburgs- ten toes of clay and iron, after the fall of the Roman Empire will fall apart. Everyone knows cement, iron, and water will result in rust, after a time.,like bad political ties do
@peggyfranzen61595 жыл бұрын
Hapsburg History after Constantine.
@imme94985 жыл бұрын
@@peggyfranzen6159 that Carlos the 2nd was a zombie due to inbreeding.
@rogerwhitee4 жыл бұрын
That’s good to know Bridget.
@majik51944 жыл бұрын
No shit?
@jessicaryan4958 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, thank you for the upload.
@peterwu8471Ай бұрын
Nixon was an incredible president... sad he got kicked out.
@jameslayne29853 жыл бұрын
What a nice piece. I imagine he was a bit more relaxed with Pat Buchanan than he would have been with most other journalists, which likely explains the minor expletives. I'd be interested in finding and watching this entire interview. His insights into the Kennedys were quite interesting. I hadn't thought of Bobby as comparable to a 16th century Jesuit priest, but that is a perfect description. After he was shot, Bobby even clung to his Rosary and asked how others were doing. He was my favorite of the brothers, because of his passion. And yes, LBJ was an animal.
@mikeg2491 Жыл бұрын
LBJ liked to bark orders at his aides while on the shitter and unzip his trousers exposing himself to journalists, meanwhile people got mad at Obama for a tan suit or Trump for over his tweets.
@frederickloucks4865 Жыл бұрын
To call LBJ an animal is to insult animals . LBJ was an obscenity and , hopefully, burning in hell forever .
@maazkalim11 ай бұрын
moderate expletives.* There! FTFY 😑
@redpat883211 ай бұрын
Bobby Kennedy Jr. for President, 2024! 😃👏🔥⭐️
@davidr59618 ай бұрын
He had the ability, to give incredible speeches, on the spur of the moment without preparation, during tragic times, for ie. the night ML King was shot, addressing a group of people in Indianapolis, in the aftermath telling the crowd of the assasination. Interesting how Nixon, labels Teddy R, FDR, AND LBJ, as the best politicians of the 20th century.
@truthmerchant98602 жыл бұрын
He stood up to Kruschev. I was in middle school, my teachers liked him for that.
@DutchGuyMike Жыл бұрын
It's all a puppet play, both sides were manipulated from the same source.
@youtubeuser206 Жыл бұрын
@@DutchGuyMikeis that source the terrorist state that assassinated JFK to protect their illegal nuclear weapons program? the apartheid state
@DutchGuyMike Жыл бұрын
@@youtubeuser206 Could be, it is the shadow government. JFK wanted to tackle the fed and bring back monetary matters back in to the US treasury instead of the Federal Reserve. That guy that replaced him after he was killed immediately quietly removed that executive order. Same reason why his brother was killed. Look up "The Real Manchurian Candidate" it shows in-depth how sickening the US's shadow government is (mind control programs, interacting and strengthening criminals, world-wide plots, etc).
@mikeoxsbigg1 Жыл бұрын
He seems like a fun dude to party with.
@Pattern51lover Жыл бұрын
I think I would vote for Nixon tomorrow, dude. Dig’em up!!
@groove9tube3 жыл бұрын
Here’s a guy, shamed and denigrated, comes back so eloquent, and the one we have now can barely put a sentence together.
@ThiccBoi233 жыл бұрын
thought you were talking about trump till i saw the date of your comment
@bronz19733 жыл бұрын
Nixon may have been eloquent, but he was rightly shamed and denigrated. Integrity matters more than words.
@tomtriffid3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I miss Richard Nixon more and more every day.
@gabriellefagan10143 жыл бұрын
You do mean Trump
@therealjames563 жыл бұрын
Joe Bidens just a puppet that's why
@markwilson99352 жыл бұрын
This diction,eloquence and high standard of speech has compltely gone today.....most people can barely string a decent sentence together! This man wasnt perfect but oratory skills top class
@robertjohnson43012 жыл бұрын
Listen to the audio of the Kennedy Nixon debate from 1960. They both sound like brilliant scholars: Articulate, eloquent, well prepared, organized, and both highly intelligent. The contrast between what we hear today from politicians is striking. Kennedy won because he was handsome, charming, and had a tan. 🏆
@nicewhenearnedrudemostlyel4892 жыл бұрын
@@orianna9200 this kind of thinking, is why politicians now don't try. Lol. They don't have to. Look at what people do. Lmao. Don't follow this example.
@luxborealis2 жыл бұрын
This is actually very much on purpose. As voter participation from the middle class has dropped in elections the last 40 years, politicians have very much been coached in simplifying their language to better communicate their message to working class voters, an increasingly important demographic, whether it is white Rust Belt workers for Trump or Hispanic farmers in California for Biden. Most of the drama is fabricated too, you think a Republican Congressman making $200k a year and with a nice vacation home in the Keys gives a flying crap about AOC dancing stupidly in college? Or a Democratic Congressman making the same amount giving a hoot about Representative Brooks posting pictures with guns at Christmas? Why do you think every politician is on Twitter, despite it being a pointless cesspit of circlejerks with no real increase in user numbers since 2012? It is all red meat to galvanize the base into team sports. They don’t want you to stop and think about issues, they just want to deliver a simple message that the opposite side is bad and evil. That is why Trump was so appealing to many Republicans, he would rant and rave about the opposition being evil or crooked or corrupt, but unlike his peers who only fake the third-grade level speech and outrage, he was actually speaking like that and actually outraged. No serious Republican politician wanted Trump elected; he’s a terrible Christian, former Democrat, only gives a crap about abortion or gun rights when pushed, and alienated many of the same conservative Hispanic voters they have been courting since 2000. Yet he won, because he speaks to the working class at their level, proving the people who have stressed the importance of simple messaging right. The hats were a nice touch too.
@scotsman6712 Жыл бұрын
@@luxborealis and now,we have president Bidet.
@teebob21 Жыл бұрын
@@robertjohnson4301 Correct. Polls at the time had Nixon winning the debate with radio listeners, and Kennedy winning for those watching on TV.
@hillbillydeluxe27 Жыл бұрын
People don’t realize it but back in the day, Jack Kennedy and Richard Nixon were very good friends
@joeski73411 ай бұрын
No, they did not care for one another, actually.
@hillbillydeluxe2711 ай бұрын
@@joeski734 they didn’t connect politically but according JFKs kids, they were good friends and according to aides from both politicians, they were friendly as senators.
@KimS-5710 ай бұрын
I really liked President Nixon born in January when he was president things were great we DID NOT have all these problems
@Fatherflot644 жыл бұрын
Whatever you thought about Nixon and his policies, he was fit for the office. Even a decade later, he is, in this interview, sharp, witty, knowledgeable, formidable. As a Republican, believing that he was unjustly driven out of office by the opposition, he still is able to admit that FDR and LBJ were powerful, significant presidents. My God, how our standards have collapsed.
@hughjazzole20372 жыл бұрын
yOURE A ANTI aMERICAN BASTARD THAT ONLY VALUES$$$$. nIXON WAS ATRAITOR HE INTERFERED IN FOREIGN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS!! JOHNSON SHOULDVE PUBLISHED THAT ON PRIMNE TIME NEWS BUT HE WAS A CROOK TOO& HAD JFK ASSISSINATED.5000 U.S. MEN DIED IN VIETNAM CAUSE THAT PEACE TREATY WASNT SIGNED IN 1970.BUT REPUBLICANS DONT CARE ABOUT5000 MENS LIVES THEY CARE ABOUT CREATING JOBS IN RED CHINA,,,,,,,
@mistermackey638 Жыл бұрын
As it would happen, Nixons Southern Strategy, War on Drugs, destruction of Bretton Woods, and the neoliberal economic policies that began under his administration are directly responsible for the destruction of the social fabric and the rise of the reactionary, useless, and unwise in politics today
@Fatherflot64 Жыл бұрын
@@mistermackey638 I don't dispute this at all. Greg Sargent's recent piece in the Washington Post traces this disaster all the way back to Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign and the takeover of the GOP by self-styled "conservatives," former Dixiecrats, hysterical anti-communists, "hardhat" northern racists, direct-mail con artists, and all the rest.
@winstonhuang25525 жыл бұрын
1:41 can you imagine a modern republican naming 2 democrats as the best politicians? it's possible, but takes a stretch of the imagination
@DanTheMailman3304 жыл бұрын
Amazing to consider. And Teddy Roosevelt was considered a progressive in his day on many issues as well.
@zeef69464 жыл бұрын
The Newt Gingrich Fox news deplorables would roast a Republican alive .
@jakeyskywalker664 жыл бұрын
Teddy Rosevelt was a republican
@lalalala50894 жыл бұрын
Before the right went racist and the left went communist Yes. There was mutual respect
@shrek11404 жыл бұрын
Probably Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson, both super racist
@JustMe-ef7xv11 ай бұрын
Nixon was obviously a very intelligent, even sophisticated, man
@deborahhoffman73946 ай бұрын
Too bad Nixon messed up in the end. He did love America and defended it. There were many good things he did too and passed some good legislation.
@forgottenman86295 ай бұрын
he was the quintessential 'political animal' much like FDR was too but sadly the latter pissed away the goodwill...
@EBUNNY20123 жыл бұрын
Richard and a great analytical mind which made him a great card player and he understood history which is understanding humanity.
@stanleykolodziejczyk56273 жыл бұрын
We all know the flaws, and how deep they ran, but I still find Nixon the most fascinating public figure of the American twentieth century. His grasp of geopolitical realities and strategies puts him in a class shared by a mere handful of leaders, such as Churchill, Mao & FDR.
@Taospark Жыл бұрын
I mean at least three of them committed mass murder so sure.
@chrischandler889 Жыл бұрын
Mao is one of the worst human beings who ever lived. He actually holds the democide world record.
@andrewpaschall8992 Жыл бұрын
@@Taospark 3???
@scerdy3 Жыл бұрын
I love the comparison of Nixon and Mao.
@therocinante3443 Жыл бұрын
.....MAO???
@fa7705 Жыл бұрын
he's GREGARIOUS. he's WARM.
@rationsofladyfingers5 ай бұрын
History will come to vindicate Nixon and remember him as one of the nation's last great presidents
@forgottenman86295 ай бұрын
nice thought but history has not vindicated Mr. Hoover who gets tagged with the Great Depression to this day, while history continues to extoll FDR who initiated the road to the US' failed socialism only to be taken up in earnest by Mr. Johnson the mass murderer of nearly 60,000 service member s and God knows how many Indo-Chinese in 'his' war, and took FDR's socialism to a new level ensuring the 'slavery' of millions to the government teat...
@knockoffjesus48443 жыл бұрын
Man just to hear the way people talked 50 years ago is insane.
@fralf43813 жыл бұрын
mojo jojo he obviously spoke like that his whole life
@Joeybago123 жыл бұрын
You're not asian. Just a guess
@donmoore77853 жыл бұрын
It's 38 but to you it probably makes zero difference.
@maxa32213 жыл бұрын
It's amazing what reading books will do
@070101r2d23 жыл бұрын
What the fuck is this comment section
@Themanwhocameback26 жыл бұрын
He was very insightful and perceptive, especially about the 3 Kennedy brothers, whom most consider exactly alike.
@vernpascal15316 жыл бұрын
Except 2 of those Kennedy Bros. did more for this country than all the Republican ass clowns from Reagan to the present!
@Peter-9766 жыл бұрын
Yes he was very insightful and perceptive, for a goddamn crook!
@onlythewise16 жыл бұрын
don't forget the one who died in ww2 .
@vernpascal15316 жыл бұрын
JFK did everything possible to avoid committing ground troops -don't ever forget it! 8 times he resisted sending combat troops to Laos-Cambodia-Vietnam. At the time of JFK's death 75% of the people trusted Govt. to do the right thing,but after The Warren Report and Vietnam and the endless lies of both, this is the end result...
@Themanwhocameback26 жыл бұрын
Now you're getting into hard to prove details. I am no Nixon fan. He was a politician, but he was astute in his snap analysis of the Kennedy brothers.
@davidrussell8689 Жыл бұрын
So pleased to see the interlude , tells you a lot .
@cahg3871 Жыл бұрын
Long after he resigned from office-many presidents would call Nixon for advice when dealing with the Chinese government.He must of done some things right after all.
@StarWarsHour3 жыл бұрын
"Listen, I don’t want a president who’s warm on the outside and the inside too. I want one who’s warm on the outside but when the tough decisions are made is cold and tough and will make the right decision without fear or favor." so you want a hot pocket as president
@dreamingrightnow11743 жыл бұрын
..Or a psychopath, lol.
@starwarsking5483 жыл бұрын
@@dreamingrightnow1174 ..Better than a puppet, lol.
@vogelvogeltje3 жыл бұрын
@@starwarsking548 so Putin, Kim Jong Il is cool with you?
@starwarsking5483 жыл бұрын
@@vogelvogeltje do you think they’re making the right decisions for their countries? I think if Trump was a better person on the outside he would have been better received.
@mrman24153 жыл бұрын
@@vogelvogeltje Vladimir Putin isn't the cartoon bad guy you think he is. I suggest thinking critically for a change and not taking propaganda (news) stories to heart.
@jeffwhite6944 Жыл бұрын
I had the absolute privilege to meet him in his NJ office before he died, just an amazing gentleman.
@wingmannj Жыл бұрын
is it true he lived in park ridge?
@ADAMdinho111 ай бұрын
And now his heads in a jar being carried around by a robot
@cloudman891110 ай бұрын
Who?
@JudgeJulieLit7 ай бұрын
@@wingmannj Saddle River.
@richardhart92045 ай бұрын
@@ADAMdinho1 Arrrrooooo!
@Fecalage3 ай бұрын
“Nixon giving zero expletives.”
@angusdog22 Жыл бұрын
Nixon is the most misunderstood and complex president in American history . Imagine having to lead our country during that period of American history . Just a no win situation 🤦♂️🤦♂️