Hate the Nixon bashing
I think The Simpsons has a history of bashing politicians, so it doesn't really bother me when it's in-game. Regarding Nixon, I was too young at the time, but I think history shows that he did earn hi...
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lynnmckenz82 wrote:chaffey1973 wrote:
Nixon, unlike most politicians, kept his campaign promises. He abolished the draft, got us out of Viet Nam, and gave the 18 year old the vote. All were very important issues which helped him win in 1968. Vietnam had the country divided in opinion,. 18-20 year olds had to serve in the military and couldn't vote for their country but could die for it. At Nixon's eulogy, Bill Clinton stated "History has not written the last word on Richard Nixon". His stock will go up. He was no more crooked than any other politician, he just got caught and left office.
Speaking of broken campaign promises, I'll list two and let you all think of more:
1988: George H.W. Bush: "I want to be known as the Education President"
1992: Bill Clinton: "I promise to bring every man, woman, and child in America free health care".
IIRC, Nixon promised in 1968 to end the war. In 1972, when he was reelected, we were still fighting. It took until 1973 to end the war. I don't give him credit for that.
Yes, but there wasn't much fighting going on. The policy was known as Vietnamiazation, let them fight it. Hardly any Americans died. I remember in either Life or Look magazine, they ran a story about the one soldier who died in a given week, or month. Back in 1968 Life had several pages full of photos of the KIAs. that was around the time of the Tet offensive. See the movie Full Metal Jacket.
