Nixon, Hoover Bashed Justices In '71 Phone Call

Washington Post   |   September 28, 2007 01:47 AM


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President Richard Nixon described the Supreme Court's June 1971 Pentagon Papers decision as "unbelievable" and "stinking," and vowed "to change that court," during an unusually frank telephone conversation on July 1, 1971, with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

Referring to the six justices who voted 6 to 3 to permit newspapers to continue publication of material from the once-classified history of the Vietnam War, Nixon said: "You know those clowns we got on there. I'll tell you I hope I outlive the bastards."

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- MajorKong See Profile I'm a Fan of MajorKong permalink

It's worth noting that Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rove all cut their teeth in the Nixon administration or the "Imperial Presidency" as they called it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:41 PM on 09/28/2007
- realitytrumpsbull See Profile I'm a Fan of realitytrumpsbull permalink

I'm not a crook! LOLOL

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:38 PM on 09/28/2007
- LIR See Profile I'm a Fan of LIR permalink

I love it when the revisionists try to portray Tricky Dick with a positive spin. The man was inherently rotten to his core, even from the days of Checkers. A sneaky, smarmy, paranoid freak...the only thing he did right was detente with China...as others point out, his secretiveness and criminality creeped into the Bush Admin. via many of the thugs that permeated that Administration...

Despite that, Nixon takes a back seat to worst President, for which George Bush rightly takes the honors with flying colors.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 PM on 09/28/2007
- average joe See Profile I'm a Fan of average joe permalink

Worst president L B J no one comes close.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:31 AM on 09/29/2007
- speakingtruth2power See Profile I'm a Fan of speakingtruth2power permalink

What Nixon was unable to do, GHWB and his proxies have done handily, The Florida 'decision' of 2000 certainly makes that point.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:49 PM on 09/28/2007
- TJS See Profile I'm a Fan of TJS permalink

Nixon was a villian you could truly love to hate. He was articulate enough to come up with these snarly, wonderfully evil lines. Bush, by comparison, lacks the verbal dexterity of a truly great villian. He's just an ignorant, smug buffoon.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:46 PM on 09/28/2007
- TWOSHORT See Profile I'm a Fan of TWOSHORT permalink

Trickey Dick i miss Nixon the last time Black Men Drove Caddies as their standard car of choice!Been bleak for auto makers and Black Men scent then.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:01 PM on 09/28/2007
- johnnyjust See Profile I'm a Fan of johnnyjust permalink

If the Supreme Court stopped making law, rather than interpreting the Constitution, Presidents wouldn't be forced to 'pack the court.'

Now we have a group that just may bring the Constitution back to the people.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:42 AM on 09/28/2007
- speakingtruth2power See Profile I'm a Fan of speakingtruth2power permalink

It is increasingly hard to tell the sarcasm from the drivel.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 PM on 09/28/2007
- GWBushIsANitwit See Profile I'm a Fan of GWBushIsANitwit permalink

Back to the people? They're too busy gobbling corporate cock to do that.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:48 PM on 09/28/2007
- vfippinger See Profile I'm a Fan of vfippinger permalink

Awful as Nixon was, he almost seems like the good old days in comparison to Bush.
Some legacey huh Bush?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:44 AM on 09/28/2007
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