McAPUSH: Nixon's character during his presidency

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Nixon's character during his presidency

Linda Infinger

During Richard Nixon's presidential campaign he said he stood for order and decency but was found to be cynical, profane, and a liar. In my opinion he was also slightly prejudiced toward African Americans as well. In a practice that ranked racial groups based on their IQ points he said "Africans just can't run things", and although they are good when it comes to athletics and music, they just have a hard time when it comes to "profound rigid disciplines". Personally i think it would be very interesting to see what Nixon would say if he knew that we had an African American as our president today. Lastly, he was also found to have lied to the public about an illegal break in at the Watergate Hotel which caused him to resign as president to avoid impeachment.