"Richard Nixon" and "Watergate." But What if Watergate Never Happened? What Would the 37th President Be Best Known For?

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Going to China

Detente with the Soviets

Ending the Vietnam War

Moon Landing

Southern Strategy

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monte3 · 70-79, M

It should be the Southern Strategy. But probably it would be going to China.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@monte3 Nixon had help with the Southern Strategy from Johnson. Once the Civil Rights Act was passed, racist southern democrats were ripe for the picking, and both Nixon and George Wallace capitalized on it.

monte3 · 70-79, M

As LBJ signed the civil rights bill said something to the effect that we have given the side the south for the next 40 years. He was too optimistic, @windinhishair

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@monte3 Yes he was. And he knew what he was talking about, having grown up a racist white man in Central Texas in the 1920s and 1930s. Signing the Civil Rights Act was quite a transformation. It would be like Trump signing a sweeping bill dealing with Global Climate Change.