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Originally Posted by beckyandplacido  I really doubt Nixon would be a welcome addition to the Democratic party as well. I don't think the Republican's have gone "Far Right" at all, especially with the person who is securing the nomination for the republican party, in fact it's gone way too moderate for me. Even Bush with all the spending is not really a true conservative. If Obama does secure the nomination for Presidency though I will most likely be voting for him. |
Well I don't think that Nixon ever had god tell him to be president. I'm pretty sure that he did not fund religious charities with federal money. I don't remember him ever being particularly worried about "family values." In fact a lot of his actions were downright liberal. If he was running today as a Republican, he wouldn't stand a chance of getting nominated. I found this little piece online.
"Throughout his presidency, he consistently betrayed conservative principles by opening relations with Communist China, negotiating arms control treaties with the Soviets, imposing wage and price controls, instituting affirmative action, expanding the regulatory state, and reducing defense spending."
He also created SSI, the EPA, and OSHA.
And according to WIKI, he introduced the Comprehensive Health Insurance Act. Nixon's plan would have mandated employers to purchase health insurance for their employees, and in addition provided a federal health plan like Medicaid that any American could join by paying on a sliding scale based on income.
Boy he's sounding pretty good right about now.
And yes they have gone far right as far as social issues are concerned. And few, if any, of them have ever been particularly thrifty. They talk a bunch about tax and spend liberals, but they are the ones doing the spending. It's the paying the bills they have problems with.