| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | SZinHonshu (44)
02/27/2006 | Up until the 90's he was absolutely the lowest rung on this scale of executive office holders since ... oh, at least the First World War. Bill Clinton, however, wins by a length for Least Moral Authority. The difference in this race? When the jig was up for Nixon, he vacated the office. When the jig was up for Clinton, he suggested that hadn't really done anything that bad and stayed. He gave the endorsement/practice of situational ethics the presidential seal of approval.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (152)
02/27/2006 | If Nixon thought Joe Namath was a threat we should have had him commited to a mental institution following his resignation.
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 | JohnSpina (17)
02/27/2006 | It is true that 2 of Nixon's faults were:
1.The left never forgave him for Alger Hiss
2.He got caught.
Nonetheless,he pretty much dug his own grave with all the paranoia and secrecy.I mean,an enemies list?Come on already!And Joe Namath and Tony Randall were on that list.Were they going to blow up America?
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 | Drummond (58)
02/27/2006 | He's in many ways responsible for several generations of cynicism about public service. He stole elections, destroyed opponents in extremely underhanded and vindictive ways, and had absolutely no regard for the law. It was about much more than a break-in. It was about secret illegal bombings of neutral countries. It was about the complete breakdown of any sense of restraint of power.
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 | operator 409 (7)
08/08/2005 | His biggest moral lapse involved vastly overrating the Demoocrat party. To actually believe that wiretapping or ANY type of espionage would be needed to trounce a bunch that had nominated George McGovern, well...I question his mental state of mind much more than I question his moral authority. I suppose that he didn't want to leave anything to chance, what with already having been defeated for the presidency by another much less substantive opponent.
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 | EschewObfuscation (63)
06/01/2005 | In his 1st term, he had incredible moral authority. His landslide election victory in 1968 was an overt rejection by the American people, of the new, radical, anti-war liberalism which was taking over the Democrat Party. He was elected to right the wrongs committed by LBJ (escalating then mis-handling the war, lying about tactics and results, punishing anyone who divulged the truth) but the nation rejected Humphrey and the democrat message that we had to turn on a dime and pull out of Vietnam immediately. The US press, dominated by 3 networks and 3 major metropolitan newspapers, had grown to despise Nixon, even more than LBJ, and nobody knew then the power of a hateful, agenda-driven press. Today, it's common, although more balanced with many more significant players. After Watergate, he had no moral authority and knew he had to resign, regardless of whether he might be convicted by the Senate, for the sake of the presidency and continued separation of powers.
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 | caligula (2)
04/25/2005 | A liar and a cheat. In short, a politician.
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 | wonggfan (0)
03/22/2005 | Not as bad. There are bigger thieves who hasn't been caught.
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 | Jar-Jar Binks (16)
02/04/2005 | Watergate, keeping secrets, lying, shredding documents, disrespecting private property, and lusting after Rosalynn Carter (cuz he liked her eyes) do not qualify as having moral authority.
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