Why don't people remember that Nixon done more good than he ever did bad?
361645
People only see and remember what they want to, I swear we are being overrun with pansys and pus.ys im sick of it.
768456
Bush at this point since Richard Nixon is dead and gone. Nixon at least loved America, and admitted his wrong doings, and was impeached, and resigned for his corruption to the American people. Bush will never admit it, you will see..
877592
Not enough room allowed by Yahoo to answer your question accurately.  Maybe it'd be better to ask who HASN'T done more good for this country.
341119
because the average person has been helped more by this president then previous. more money being spent on entitlements, more jobs, record number of people owning there homes, more money in there pockets from tax cuts, most money giving on aids research , more people starting there own business. ahh a presidents that helps his fellow citizens. been bad things 911, the war, gas prices. but every good presidents tries to overcome these things not pass it on to some one else. that is called leadership.
440610
As you point out no body's perfect, but one must consider both the good and the bad. Perhaps President Lincoln wasn't everything that high school history books paint him to be but he was president during one of the most crucial eras in our history. Whether or not he was a good guy is not as important as how his administration has affected the course of this country. If you dig around in anybodies past you can find lots of undesirable things. All nations need heroes and by consensus we have made Mr. Lincoln one of ours. One bright spot in all of this is that the memorial itself is indeed a wonderful structure and has served as a platform for many changes in our nation.
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Nixon indded was a strong leader.  I am 49 so I clearly remember the Nixon years.  When the recession became frightening he took the unprecedented step of a wage and price freeze.  A gutsy move that was not real popular.  It did help.  His quiet negotiations to China and the USSR were very impressive.\n\nOn the flip side Nixon did more than just lie.  His administrations use of the IRS to hound administration enemies was certainly criminal and his secret enemies lists were frightening.\n\nI hope history will eventually treat him as it should any president.  There were amazing strong points to his presidency and incredible weak points.  True historians usually give both sides and acknowledge that he was amazing with foreign policy and some internal policies while being a deeply paranoid one.  I do differ with some of those answering your question though.  He did indeed have to resign.  The votes for impeachment and removal for office were clearly there.\n\nIn short Richard Nixon was a human being.
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At the time, Arnold was revered as a heroic and competent general, know for his exploits at the Battle of Saratoga which was the turning point of the War of Independence.  Another name that comes to mind is General Horatio Gates but he was not a great military mind (he suffered one the greates American military loss in history at the Battle of Camden) but General Nathanael Greene was a famous name and an excellent leader.  So you have Arnold-good and traitorous, Gates- not so good and Gates- good and not a traitor
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It sounds like you need to learn a lot more about what Clinton did, good and bad. How about taking a history class at a local community college, where you can learn more about Clinton and other presidents have done for this country? \n\nClinton presided over one of the richest and most peaceful periods (8 years) in our nation's history and established friendly relations with many countries that were emerging from Communism. He fully funded education and set aside new wilderness land for protection. He also attempted (but failed) to pass universal health care coverage for all Americans, although he did manage to get COBRA health coverage for people who are between jobs and Family/Medical Leave that allows someone to take time off from work for the birth of a child or to care for a sick fmaily member. During Clinton's time in office, America had more respect from other countries of the world than we do now. He did not try to get extra rights for gays and lesbians, only the same treatment that other people already get.\n\nAll in all, I think Clinton will be remembered as one of the best Presidents in the second half of the 20th century, but one who perhaps ws not able to live up to his full potential (due to the failure of his health care plan since America was not ready for Hillary, the GOP takeover of Congress in 1994, and the Lewinsky scandal which crippled him in his second term).
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OF COURSE BECAUSE THEY NEVER LOOK AT THE FACTS AND HOW BAD A PRESIDENT HE IS !!They might not look at him the same if they read these facts!!\n\n      \n\n Economic\n\n    * Spent the surplus provided by the Clinton Administration and bankrupted the treasury.\n    * Shattered record for biggest annual deficit in the history of the world.\n    * Set economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.\n    * Set all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.\n    * In first two years in office, more than two million Americans lost their jobs. Cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any president in U.S. history.\n    * Set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.\n    * Presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.\n    * Presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud of any market in any country in the history of the world.\n    * Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.\n    * Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in U.S. history.\n    * Entered office with the strongest economy in U.S. history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.# Refused to allow inspectors access to U.S. prisoners of war and by default no longer abides by the Geneva Conventions.\n# First president in U.S. history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. elections).\n# Changed U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts. Set all-time record for number of administration appointees who violated U.S. law by not selling huge investments in corporations bidding for government contracts.\n# In the 18 months following the 911 attacks, successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.\n# Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in U.S. history.\n# In a little over two years, created the most divided country in decades, possibly the most divided the U.S. has ever been since the Civil War.\n# First president in U.S. history to unilaterally attack a sovereign nation against the will of the United Nations and the world community.\n# First president to run and hide when the U.S. came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force One).\n# First U.S. president to establish a secret shadow government.\n# Took the biggest world sympathy for the U.S. after 911, and in less than a year made the U.S. the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in U.S. and world history).\n# With a policy of “dis-engagement,” created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.\n# Fist U.S. president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
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I don't think many serious historians will consider him to be anywhere near that famously bad, but he is actually definitely in the running for the worst president in American history (link 1, below).\n\nAfter all, if you look at the huge blunders that have caused other presidents to be considered to be the worst in American history, it's not too hard to find an analogue that the most recent Bush has also committed.  Consider the overt corruption, the exposed illegal activities, the erroneous wars, the devisive name-calling... all of these FACTS and matters of public record.\n\nIn truth, I'm actually rooting for him to get the title.  I think it would be interesting to live in the time of someone who might so famously go down in history.  I'm a little disappointed that he lost congress' help.  But we still have two more years...
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Not at all - look at what made him the most known (a cheat), that is not the type of reputation I would want to have & hopefully not many would want that type of recognition. Honor and integrity are a very important part of my life & I wish it were so for more people.
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Well never know.\n\nFrom what I read, people didn't believe Nixon could have known about that watergate thing.
965457
Nothing.  We won't see until years later how good he was.  Abraham Lincoln was considered a bad president doing his time.  Now we love him.  The fact that people don't like him is they listen to the liberal news and the walk around repeating what the news told them, so they think they sound smart.  If these people were to research a little on their own, they would see what the President is doing is good.  Just take a look at this post, how many say bad things about the president.  Some don't even give reasons, the just use lame excuses and say bad things about the President of the United States.
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I liked Nixon.  Ford was a good president.  Reagan had loads of charisma, but was a mediocre president half the time and totally undermined our military.  Bush Sr. was a good president.  Bush Jr. is the worst president since Warren Harding, and I think the term "Criminal Republican" applies to him.\n\n\nHe lied to the conservative republicans when he claimed to also be a conservative, he is not.  He is a royalist, who wants to be the "Decider"  He wants the Unitary Powers that come with being a Prince or a King.  He is spending our country into debt by reducing taxes and borrowing from CHINA to pay for his war.  Dick Cheney would've been a much better president.  Colin Powell would have been a much better president.\n\nCondoleeza Rice also fits the term "Criminal Republican", criminal through indifference and negligence.  When Katrina bore down on New Orleans and destroyed it, the first thing she did was go out and buy a $2500.00 pair of shoes.  She is smart, I don't disagree with that at all, but she is a toadie.  She is so grateful at being promoted to the prestigious job of Secretary of State that she will do, and say, anything to support the constitution eroding actions of her president, George W. Bush.\n\nSenator McCain is not a criminal, but he lacks backbone, don't make  him the next president, find somebody strong, with vision, who will DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION and OUR RIGHTS as AMERICANS.  Don't we deserve this?  (Or have we just been way too complacent to deserve this???????)
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Probably b/c America's reputation and mistakes past presidents have made. Watergate, Clinton and Lewinsky...
709122
History has a way of repeating itself. Mostly because people don't learn from their mistakes.
557676
He pardoned Nixon, some things that was good, other think that it was a mistake.