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Post  lynk2510 Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:10 pm

an and the caricature version of him became increasingly blurred. He was often portrayed with unshaven jowls, slumped shoulders, and a furrowed, sweaty brow.[242]
Nixon had a complex personality, both very secretive and awkward yet strikingly reflective about himself.[243] He was inclined to distance himself from people and was formal in all aspects, always wearing a coat and tie even when home alone.[243] He advised people not to care about what others thought of them. Some experts have described him as having a narcissistic and paranoid personality.[244] Conrad Black described him as being "driven" though also "uneasy with himself in some ways."[245] According to Black, Nixon "thought that he was doomed to be traduced, double-crossed, unjustly harassed, misunderstood, underappreciated, and subjected to the trials of Job, but that by the application of his mighty will, tenacity, and diligence he would ultimately prevail."[246] Biographer Elizabeth Drew summarized Nixon as a "smart, talented man, but most peculiar and haunted of presidents."[247] In his account of the Nixon presidency, author Richard Reeves described Nixon as "a strange man of uncomfortable shyness, who f

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Post  heroisthai Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:15 am

e House audio tapes were released which contained multiple statements made by then-President Nixon to his staff and advisors which have been deemed by some authors to be derogatory towards Jews.[257] In one conversation with H.R. Haldeman, Nixon said that Washington was "full of Jews" and that "most Jews are disloyal," making exceptions for some of his top aides. He then added,"But, Bob, generally speaking, you can't trust the bastards. They turn on you. Am I wrong or right?"[258] Nixon also drew connections between Jews and the Communist conspiracy, declaring "the only two non-Jews in the Communist conspiracy were [Whitaker] Chambers and [Alger] Hiss... The only two non-Jews. Every other one was a Jew. And it raised hell with us."[259]




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