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LeftInTX

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9. I rewatched American Experience episode on Nixon

Reply to book_worm (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 09:57 PM

Jan 2017

And I agree. Nixon seemed like a gentleman compared to Trump. But I think Bush was worse than Nixon. Both are creatures of their times. Nixon had Vietnam and the draft. Bush lied us into war and was able to sanitize the whole thing by using the National Guard along with numerous re-deployments.

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I rewatched American Experience episode on Nixon LeftInTX Jan 2017 #9

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