Stop trying to clean up Richard Nixon’s filthy legacy
The best way to make history, Winston Churchill wrote, is to write it. And the best way to revise history is to get a bunch of people to lie their heads off. That’s what’s happening right now with regard to Richard Nixon’s reputation, which has lain rightfully in tatters for half a century, due to his cover-up of the Watergate investigation.
TL;DR
- Richard Nixon's reputation has been tarnished for half a century by the Watergate cover-up.
- There are ongoing efforts to improve Nixon's image.
- Younger conservatives admire Nixon's foreign policy skills but may not recall his lies to the public.