Nixon was not perfect. That is not the point. The point is that the official story was written by the people who benefited from his destruction. They turned a complicated, consequential president into a cartoon villain because the full record threatened their legitimacy. Nixon exposed Alger Hiss, spoke for the Silent Majority, opened strategic doors abroad, helped save Israel in 1973, ended the draft, desegregated schools, and built the coalition Reagan and Trump later inherited. Watergate became the template for elite removal politics. Nixonmaxxing is not nostalgia. It is discovery. Young conservatives are finding the crime scene beneath the history lesson.
Correct. Nixon and Goldwater built the coalition Reagan joined as a junior member and Trump was s late adherent ... AFTER the T Party movement ( also an off shoot of this Conservative coalition).
Young Conservatives and even some older ones who were teens during the Nixon lynchings have been finding out just how popular Nixon was in America for many decades from the 50's through the 1970s.
I was Nixonmaxxing in the womb! Born in 1973 to very conservative Nixon fans. When I was 17 my father gave me a copy of “In The Arena” and I was hooked.
I was in junior high when watergate was taking place and my Dad and I would talk politics while fueling tractors to go to field. Somehow my Dad understood exactly what was going on and told me what it was.. None of this really surprises me but it is good to have info to fill in a lot of gaps.
This is probably the best article I have read about Richard Newhouse Nixon in many years.
Nixon was not perfect. That is not the point. The point is that the official story was written by the people who benefited from his destruction. They turned a complicated, consequential president into a cartoon villain because the full record threatened their legitimacy. Nixon exposed Alger Hiss, spoke for the Silent Majority, opened strategic doors abroad, helped save Israel in 1973, ended the draft, desegregated schools, and built the coalition Reagan and Trump later inherited. Watergate became the template for elite removal politics. Nixonmaxxing is not nostalgia. It is discovery. Young conservatives are finding the crime scene beneath the history lesson.
Correct. Nixon and Goldwater built the coalition Reagan joined as a junior member and Trump was s late adherent ... AFTER the T Party movement ( also an off shoot of this Conservative coalition).
Young Conservatives and even some older ones who were teens during the Nixon lynchings have been finding out just how popular Nixon was in America for many decades from the 50's through the 1970s.
Great article.
Roger your writing is terrific. JFK and Nixon were close friends. People should know that. Dems are such vile people.
I was Nixonmaxxing in the womb! Born in 1973 to very conservative Nixon fans. When I was 17 my father gave me a copy of “In The Arena” and I was hooked.
You mean the Book by David Brown on Th Roosevelt ?
“Nixon’s The One” - A most excellent essay on Nixonmaxing and the man himself. 👏🎯💯
You mean the You - Tube Comedy series ?
I was in junior high when watergate was taking place and my Dad and I would talk politics while fueling tractors to go to field. Somehow my Dad understood exactly what was going on and told me what it was.. None of this really surprises me but it is good to have info to fill in a lot of gaps.
This is probably the best article I have read about Richard Newhouse Nixon in many years.