From: ABlainey@aol.com
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 13:46:31 MST
I should have stated my meaning and standpoint more clearly. From My casual
observation and those of the 'general public" types that I have spoken to.
Nixon is viewed as somewhat a loon who broke the law while in office.
Granted, he also achieved a great deal and these achievements are greatly
overshadowed by the events at the end of his Presidency.
I will admit that I am far from an expert on the subject as I was too young
to care at the time and today it really does not interest me a great deal as
I live in the UK. This may go far in explaining my viewpoint or may just be
fuel for an Ad-Hominem attack.
My view of the current President is that he was not elected by the people and
should never have made it to the white house.
This is all an aside as my original post was simply a question as to "how do
you remove a person from elected office in the US?" My question was in order
to give me a better understanding of what safety guards are in place to stop
someone like Any President from doing something utterly mad? For example,
breaking international law, Illegally invading another country or even
forcing the country to follow a course of action that is against the wishes
of the majority of the public and could conceivably start a second cold war.
Glean from this question what you will. Undoubtedly I am against the war in
Iraq. However this does not by definition make me Anti American or Pro
Saddam, far from it.
Alex
In a message dated 13/03/03 14:36:50 GMT Standard Time, MaxPlumm@aol.com
writes:
> Alex wrote:
>
> "The worrying thing is that on casual observation. If a complete loon is
> elected, you cant get rid of them until they step way-way over the line. As
> in Nixon."
>
> I often stress the need for historical perspective during my replies on
> this forum, and I dare say that has never been more appropriate than in
> regard to this post. There's nothing I enjoy better than hit and run "Evil
> Nixon the mad tyrant loon harbinger of global destruction makes Hitler look
> like Little Mary Sunshine" discussions. I do not mean to suggest that Alex
> implies all of those descriptions, but he obviously subscribes to a few.
>
> Before fully getting into this subject, perhaps Alex would be kind enough
> to fully elaborate on his position on the 37th President. Perhaps it is
> fully thought out, but I tend to think the influence of thirty years of
> "impartial" sources such as Walter Cronkite have played a role in his
> description of Nixon as a "loon."
>
> Let me say that the record of Richard Nixon is a complex one and cannot be
> summed up in a cute MTV style one sentence quip. It can be successfully
> argued that no post- WWII president had a more lasting and important
> positive impact on the United States than President Nixon. This is the same
> man who initiated rapprochement with the Chinese, a move that not only
> altered Soviet defense expenditures and strategy, but helped to make them
> the isolated spreader of "worldwide revolution".
>
>
>SNIP
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