• @Buddahriffic
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    33 days ago

    Also, Nixon sabotaged the negotiations to end the Vietnam war so that he could run on ending it. And then, when he won, didn’t want to actually end it because he was worried about being known as a president who lost a war.

    So first he caused more people to die so he could make a campaign promise. Then even more people died when his ego couldn’t handle keeping that promise.

    And then Ford was almost as big of a piece of shit for pardoning him.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 days ago

      I was surprised to learn that Nixon carried the electoral college 520 votes to 17. Looking back now, obviously Nixon was a deeply unpopular president, so I was shocked learning that he was elected in one of the biggest landslide victories the US had ever seen.