I have tender feelings for Nixon because everybody has warm feelings about their childhood. Actually, I didn't like the Watergate trials 'cause they interrupted 'The Munsters.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I liked Nixon fine, but Nixon was not a partier.
Nixon was a bad loser. He hated losing worse than death, and that is why I enjoyed him. We were both football fans, both addicts; and on some days, nothing else mattered.
Nixon was a crook, of course, but he was also a rabid football fan - and he knew the game, which still astounds me, but I have always had a soft spot for him because of it.
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.
The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.
Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.
While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
Nixon represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.