But by now, Nixon, realizing his presidency was in danger of being broken like LBJ’s — but believing he was reading the nation better than the establishment — had decided to wheel and fight. On Nov. 3, 1969, Nixon delivered an Oval Office address that was carried live on every networ...
Monday, November 1st, 1971: Former Senator Absalom Willis Robertson (D-VA) dies at the age of 85; the former Senator and father of increasingly notable evangelist Pat Robertson had been defeated in 1966 by LBJ’s backed primary challenger William Spong after Robertson had stood afoul of the ...
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Despite his corrupt stewardship of Arkansas and despite his willingness to ally himself with criminal scumbags, when Clinton did attain the presidency, his policies were relatively solid and his administration was not nearly the kleptocracy of the Bush’s or LBJ. However, since both Bill and Hilla...
Carter had hoped that the hostages would be allowed to leave while he was still in office, and at 6:18 a.m. Washington time, the escrow papers were completed to transfer $7,970,000,000 in Iranian assets from U.S. banks to the Bank of England. ...