Nixon was a protege`of none other than (Reply #36)

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Thu Jul 31, 2014, 07:37 PM

36. Nixon was a protege`of none other than

Ol' Prescott Bush who as a Senator at the time was looking for someone to bring along into Congress. George HW was subsequently mentored by Richard and IIRC was the guy who talked Dick into resigning. Given that Nixon was heavily involved in the planning of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and HW was running cover for it also with Zapata Oil, it's not surprising in hindsight that Nixon's behavior and attitude was so criminal. I'm not sure who appointed HW to DCIA.

I still want to know what exactly Nixon meant by 'The Cuban Affair.' He was worried that there was some fire smoldering still around whatever that was and it appears he worked hard to contain the smoke.

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The Nixon Tapes: 1971-1972 [View all]	H2O Man	Jul 2014	OP
As I was posting this,	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#1
Good kids indeed.	panader0	Jul 2014	#8
Nothing like it	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#11
K & R nt	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jul 2014	#2
Thanks!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#12
K and R. Did you hear John Dean on NPR this am? n/t	Smarmie Doofus	Jul 2014	#3
I didn't.	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#13
I was surprised by how energetic he is.	Smarmie Doofus	Jul 2014	#19
What do you think	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#27
My image of him is frozen in time: '73 Watergate hearings.	Smarmie Doofus	Jul 2014	#32
Thanks H2O Man	lovemydog	Jul 2014	#4
One of my	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#14
The nature of Nixon is an endlessly interesting thing.	hifiguy	Jul 2014	#5
Right.	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#15
One of the most despicable things Nixon did	hifiguy	Jul 2014	#31
Yes, I think Nixon is a fascinating subject--on LBJ...	WI_DEM	Jul 2014	#6
To this day	hifiguy	Jul 2014	#7
absolutely. They should be chilling, as well as abhorrent to most of our sensibilities	bigtree	Jul 2014	#9
True!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#16
The Nixon Tapes: 1971 -1972	crazyward	Jul 2014	#10
Sounds good!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#21
So many bad things sprouted from Nixon's corrupted, toxic swamp.	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#17
Indeed, they did.	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#22
Nixon was one sick fu*k of a President.	Major Hogwash	Jul 2014	#18
Very well-said!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#24
PBS' History Detectives	MinM	Jul 2014	#20
Very good!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#25
"I have more books by or about Nixon...." I have over 80, if we count the topic of Watergate. Plus,	WinkyDink	Jul 2014	#23
Ah, now I feel better!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#26
I'm Class of '71; my 19th birthday was Election Day '68. When I was 10, I quit Girl Scouts because	WinkyDink	Jul 2014	#33
Very interesting!	H2O Man	Jul 2014	#35
Heh--Irish here, too! PA coal-cracker (Up the Mollies!), and my Sicilian great-grandparents dropped	WinkyDink	Aug 2014	#40
I think the Anna Chennault Affair of 1968 is the key to Watergate...	First Speaker	Jul 2014	#28
I was thunderstruck the first time I read the Anna Chennault story	hifiguy	Jul 2014	#30
Rumor has it that what "W-gate" was about was covering up details of Dallas '63. I find it	WinkyDink	Jul 2014	#34
Pat Buchanan has new book out on Nixon...	KoKo	Jul 2014	#29
Nixon was a protege`of none other than	hootinholler	Jul 2014	#36
Nixon was a saint compared to that line of 'Texans.'	Octafish	Jul 2014	#37
Surely the Baron would have been the mentor?	hootinholler	Jul 2014	#38
Nixon remembered what Willie Sutton said...	Octafish	Aug 2014	#39

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