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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: Re: Richard Nixon, etc. - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 14:55:18 EST
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Al England reminds us that Nixon was never convicted of violating
any Federal laws.  True, but don't forget he resigned, and was
immediately pardoned for anything he even might have done.  He was
impeached, of course, and the charges were not trivial.  If you don't
believe he was a crook you are a fool.  Now, whether he was a
good president is another question.  Other presidents have probably
been crooks, and probably for pettier things than obstruction of
justice.  They didn't get caught though.

You have to admit that the relationship between the US and USSR
was quite constructive during the Nixon administration.  Perhaps more
so than at any time since WW II.  The Kremlin got along with Nixon,
but then they understood and trusted someone who thought (though
could not act--the Constitution and all that) the way they did.
I'm told, by a friend who teaches Russian and Russian history, that
Stalin trusted and understood just one world leader--whose betrayal he
never got over--Hitler.

Hey, it's "just a theory".
-- 
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