Nixon came back from the depths of political losers and took over as really the last President to win an election after losing one. Most of the stuff Nixon did was really foreign policy. He went to the Communist People's Republic of China and tried to open up relations with them. Diplomacy at it's best. He was a fierce anti-Communist, so his support of the South Eastern wars and conflicts was
Sunday, September 25, 2011
My Thoughts On The Presidency of Richard Nixon
Posted by Anonymous at 9:53 PM
Labels: china, communism, my thoughts on politics, politics, republican, Richard Nixon, Vietnam
Thursday, September 22, 2011
My Thoughts on the Presidency of Lyndon Baines Johnson
LBJ took a role as President after JFK was assassinated in 1963.Domestically (despite a questionable past in politics) LBJ was pretty liberal socially. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was the most major form of equal rights law in history. He also created Medicare for the eldery, and Medicaid for the poor. Both programs still help out many today. He also help created programs such as
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