Who's the WORST? Nixon or bush?

[panader0]

This in response to leftchick's earlier posting about Nixon's resignation.

[two gun sid]

1. Bush.

Only because Dick's dead.

[panader0]

2. Sorry madokie, it was your post, not leftchick. Oops.....

[mother earth]

3. Bush is guilty of just as much and probably a whole lot more.

Nixon at least had the good judgement to resign. This fool will take us all down into a dark abyss.

[union_maid]

4. Bush is a thousand times worse

Nixon's crimes against democracy were piddling misdemeanors compared to the felonious assault on everything we hold dear that Bush has launched. Nixon certainly lied about his secret plan to end the war, but he didn't start the war. Sure, we were a little concerned that Nixon would declare martial law, but in the end, he didn't. He resigned.
Economically, he was a flaming liberal compared to almost anyone today.

[NMDemDist2]

5. Nixon would be considered a liberal in today's climate

he opened diplomatic ties with China, created OSHA too IIRC

[keith the dem]

14. Don't forget the EPA

There is no question that * is the WPE!!!

[WePurrsevere]

6. Hands down it's Bush. BTW - I missed that post, link please? :-)

TIA B-)

(edited to remove incorrect name in OP. :))

[Dr.Phool]

7. Bush actually makes me miss Nixon.

And I never in a million years thought that was possible.

[HockeyMom]

9. Second that one

Nixon was a choir boy in comparison.

[bigwillq]

8. I voted for Shrub (nt)

[rzemanfl]

20. I hope you mean here. n/t

[Buck Laser]

10. I began to miss Nixon when Reagan took office.

Character flaws aside, there was never a question of competence with Nixon. And that brings up the question: which quality is more important in a president, character or competence?

With Dubya, it's a no-brainer, because he possesses neither quality. I don't know about Reagan. He never struck me as having any discernible character, except in that he was movie actor. Others' results may vary, though.

[City Lights]

11. Chimpy. No contest. eom

[MrPrax]

12. Didn't Nixon invent Food Stamps? n/t

[pinto]

13. Depends on context, I guess. Back then few of us could think of

something worse, politically, than a Nixon presidency. And, the death toll in VietNam was numbing - we're talking tens of thousands of Americans - the abuse of power was astounding.

In political hindsight, little did we know...politically Bush is much worse.

[keith the dem]

15. My Union organizing Grandfather would slip and refer to Nixon

as Hoover. I had an old Hippie friend that would slip and refer to Reagan as Nixon. I don't know anybody who slips and refers to Bush as any of the evil bastards above....He is just so much worse!!!

[Monkeyman]

16. Dubba by far

[madokie]

17. all but one vote for the shrub,

Nixon was a scoundrel while bush is a criminal of the highest order

[ellenfl]

18. no contest . . . king george

i'll take a paranoid over a frat boy any day . . . now that i've seen what both can(not) do.

ellen fl

[stevebreeze]

19. Nixon= clean air act clean water act OSHA endangered species act

Highest minimum wage adjusted fro inflation in US history, tried to push universal health care until it got botched up in the tidal basin escapades of a conservative southern dem.

Nixon was a crook but he did pass a lot of progressive bills.

[bemildred]

21. It's not really Bush, it's the Congress. nt

[Gman]

22. I'd give anything for Nixxon right now

[Lilith Velkor]

23. Yeah, no shit

:crazy: crazy fricken world