McAPUSH: Raquel Littlefield - The President Calling: Nixon

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Raquel Littlefield - The President Calling: Nixon

I listened to President Richard Nixon's recordings. First off, I honestly did not know too much about this president, but I did learn that he was a republican who was elected in 1968 which was in the middle of the Vietnam War. Nixon was a shy, introverted man who was also cynical and very profane.

I disliked his quote about Africans stating that they do not "measure up" to them. However, I found this contradictory to his slogan during the elections. His slogan was, "Bring us together" which obviously contradicts his statement about the Africans he made later. I don't quite understand why he would say something like this, even though he was raised by his mother's moral values. Perhaps his mother's moral values were different than the values I believe in.

Then in 1973, at a conference about the Watergate Scandal, Nixon felt self-pity due to the fact that two of his people resigned. I would feel the same way if that happened to me. Anyway, this eventually lead to Nixon's resignation. He was the first president to resign in office. After his resignation, the secret recordings came to a halt.

All in all, I actually enjoyed listening to this podcast. I'm usually not all that great at sitting and listening to a podcast, but surprisingly I could handle this one and I did learn quite a bit from it.