This theory should be tested, so let's compare and contrast.
Nixon:
Fairly liberal Big Government Domestic Agenda:
Revenue Sharing (vastly increasing the power of the Federal Government over the State Governments)
Wage and Price Controls (huge failure as well as being Socialistic)
Expanded Social Security through SSI which sped up the insolvency of the program
Firm Keynesian (We are all Keynesian's Now - direct quote from Richard Nixon)
Devalued Dollar
Loved Regulation and Federal Control over the economy (created EPA, OSHA, Clean Air Act, Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Proposed but failed to get HUGE Comprehensive Health Insurance
Hated Jews but employed them (Kissinger)
Obama
Dramatically increasing Federal Control of Economy (BIG double check)
Wage and Price Controls (price controls for Health Care, Salary Caps, Check)
Keynesian (BIG check again - see failed stimulus program, etc)
Devalued Dolar (check again)
Regulation (Big Big Check - cap & trade, Financial regulation, Car Czars etc)
Proposed Comprehensive Health Insurance (Check)
Hates Jews but employs them (Emmanuel - Check)
Nixon had a goofy, corrupt and embarrassing Vice President (Spiro Agnew)
Obama has Joe (Check)
Nixon had a ruthless criminal as his Chief of Staff (Haldeman) who led the President into darkness and a thwarting of the Constitution
Obama has Rahm (Check)
Now let's look at the differences:
Nixon
Knew what he was doing in foreign policy
Anti-Communist
Obama
Doesn't know what he is doing in foreign policy
Communist
Wow, Nixon 2 IS much worse than Nixon 1, who thought that was possible. All of his bad qualities without any of his good ones.
I wonder how long it will be until Nixon 2 gives THIS speech?
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I van see Obama now:
"I am not a Marxist! I am not a Marxist!"
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