brilliant time capsule footage!
Okay...this is from a program a year prior to Nixon's election as President...he is rehabilitating himself not only from the defeat by JFK for President but also the crushing defeat for Governor of California where he said...you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around! Knowing what we do about the rest of this man's history and our own , watching this program is a stunning revelation...I enjoyed it very much. The quality of the video was broadcast and first rate! Recommended to history buffs and political junkies.
Nixon, Buckley, and intelligent discussion
Back in the day, political discussions on Firing Line were presented without the vitriolic, hysterical, and slanted rants that pass for conversation on Television shows today. Richard Nixon and William F. Buckley discuss the future of the Republican Party as well as then topical issues such as the disenchantment with LBJ. Ironically, Richard Nixon became President, won the biggest re-election mandate in history but lost support from many people including Republican leaders, because of the Watergate scandal.
But this is seven years before the rise and fall of President Nixon, and he is as bright, outspoken, and even mentions FDR as a good salesman for the Democrats. One of the books that came out after Nixon's election was called "The Selling of the President." Television and Social Media have been the tools of spin doctors who handle style. The "new Nixon" had a team that showed the future President as a "fun guy," who could appear on the then-smash hit, "Laugh-In."...
Needed now more than ever.
In the age of Obama, William F. Buckley, Jr., is needed now more than ever. At least he survives in his Firing Line program; the Big O will disappear from view.
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