Do we make too much of a past President death?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

You ask me, the "I can't forgive him for pardoning Nixon" people are too damn hungry for blood, and this does not do them credit. It's partisan, and it's overdone.

It only appears partisan to party line drones.
Real Americans would punish a tyrant that brings the country to the brink of destruction.... like hanging on New years Eve.

While it cost him a second term -- that, and general disgust in the electorate for the behavior of all the inside-the-Beltway set because of Watergate, which was what really let Carter take the election -- it did put the whole nation in that's-over, move-on mode, which was a distinct improvement over the alternative the vengeance-takers call out for.

That's-over, move-on mode? Bullshit. The damage Nixon did to this country is mostly irreparable, ten times more than the end of Camelot in Dallas, that many refer to as the end of good times.

Nixon created a riff, distrust, antagonism, between the government and the people, that has developed into mutual disrespect. That opened the door for Haliburton, Trial Lawyers Assoc, big oil, big drugs, etc to blatantly take control.

No more under the table money for favors. Now it's on the table, big bucks, buy a politician, because the corporates and politicians don't care about the voter anymore. They know there's only a 30% chance he'll vote at all. Even if he does vote, they don't have to count it because they control the voting system.

And the response from John Q Public?.... I'm not surprised, says John, forgetting, the fact that he's grown to expect bad behavior by the politicians doesn't make it any less wrong.
But in defense of John Q, he feels helpless and alone in the face of government and their puppet masters.
Why? Because of Richard M Nixon, may he burn in hell.