Well….changes recommended or to be made are submitted & wrangled in Congress. These folks clearly are not about to depose themselves out of this lifelong payday & incalculable perks. Hence, we had lifelong Pelosi, Feinstein, Waters, Schiff, Boxer and their own state of California is horrifying…..
Nixon is an okay guy in my book. Back in the day I had a paper to do in high school and it was about decisions made during his time in office. As a goof I composed and sent him a letter that had some really hard questions about his time in office. My teacher gave me an ‘A’ simply for the composition of the letter and my ballsy attempt to personally contact the former president. A few weeks later I got the shock of my life when a large envelope from San Simeon, CA arrived in my mailbox. Not only was it a letter answering my questions point by point and signed by the president he also included a signed photograph in the package! Replying to a crazy kid with tough questions was a real class move. Adding the photo demonstrated grace and kindness. When I showed the response to my teacher he gave me a ‘+’ to add to the ‘A’! All in all it gave me a whole new perspective on the man who was so universally hated at the time! He certainly was a complicated and interesting human being!
You just made me like him a bit more. There are a lot of things I don't know about how he ended Nam and the cost of it, but overall he sounds just wise and based
Black old folk weren't the only old folks who said it.... The CIA screwed the US and President Nixon when they set him up. Yes it was a set up deepthroat CIA and Woodward CIA so....yeah
So nor Biden nor Trump do not qualify in your rules. Trump is 77 my God. Gonna be 78 next year. How USA ended with both candidates ripe for elder house? Do USA (a country with over 300 million people) lack competeny people of 40-50 years old
I totally agree and I am 66. We put mandatory retirement dates for all military officers, and I am a retired officer. People know clearly that age matters when you are serving in a high stress and critical job. Our US Constitution put a minimum age for service for various positions, and people back then died much sooner than now. Seventy-five years of age is time to retire from high stress jobs. The USA was in a bad position due to FDR hanging on when he was sick. You had Truman taking over as President totally in the blind because FDR hung on while seriously ill, and on top of it, he shut Truman out of key information. Think how much damage that called.
I totally agree and I am 66. We put mandatory retirement dates for all military officers, and I am a retired officer. People know clearly that age matters when you are serving in a high stress and critical job. Our US Constitution put a minimum age for service for various positions, and people back then died much sooner than now. Seventy-five years of age is time to retire from high stress jobs. The USA was in a bad position due to FDR hanging on when he was sick. You had Truman taking over as President totally in the blind because FDR hung on while seriously ill, and on top of it, he shut Truman out of key information. Think how much damage that called.
@@luckyjayakodybecause people don’t care exclusively about age, and also if there in office at that age they probably already have been fore a while and if there still in charge for that long there probably doing something right
Tell that to AAA. People allowed that organization and company to become the biggest lobbiest ever in the 70s and 80s. Turns out AAA ruined Michigan let alone our country in some ways
@@rfichokeofdestinywe can't vote for it if it's not on the ballots.... Do you even understand that we aren't living in a Democracy? We never really were. It was never really meant to be a Democracy to begin with. But now we're given this illusion of choice. But we have no choice.
@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 You missed the (frankly obvious) point completely. The politicians have to enact term limits. And they never will. Any plan that requires the establishment to limit itself is retarded.
I think he was one of the best presidents except for the removal of the gold standard. He was one of the most popular too until they took him down with watergate, and I truly believe that was a coordinated effort by the intelligence agencies. Considering the person who leaked watergate to the press was an FBI asset, who also helped orchestrate it. William felt
He was a damn good president. He fought the cabal corruption and they set him up for Watergate .. could of been worse. Look at JFK. He fought the cabal and lost
@@inigo7780There’s a lot more to that story. If you dig. Compared to other crooked presidents Nixon is kind of a saint especially compared to LBJ or Biden.
@@wellokayyes1266 I think LBJ and Biden are worse too, however, Nixon rubbed shoulders with the Molech worshiping elites at Bohemian Grove and was no saint.
I am 60 and remember Nixon . I begin to view him and feel about him like he is kind of like a belated founding father . What he says in this video was actually in sincere concern and interest for the future of our country , but I tend to doubt many real Americans can understand what his reasoning was .
Weird question by JP above ... I believe the reason this whole conversation happened was because Nixon wasn't getting along with the older people in Washington at the time and felt as if he couldn't communicate his political agenda to a bunch of bureaucrats at the time. In general, these words he spoke were not wrong then nor wrong now..
It’s astonishing….the president of the United States today….was a Senator when Nixon talked on that phone call. You would think that was in some sci-fi movie.
Funny because he was more concerned about age than blatant criminality. Boy would he have been a fan of Trump and his attempt to obtain total immunity for criminal acts as President. Nixon would have been raging like a Republican Musoloni
@@itsame9647 because it eliminates my right to vote for very effective, wise and influential leaders. That is wrong. At least with term limits you can make the argument that it is a compromise to ensure part time citizen representation. Age is not a fix for anything. It does not stop incompetents from getting elected.
History books will have you thinking nixon was a terrible president because of watergate. But taking the time to actually learn about him is he was a brilliant man. Extremely insightful and forward thinking. He's speaking on issues we still deal with today.
How exactly was he treated unfairly? He disgraced the Office with lies and coverups and deserved to be impeached. None of that negates his political achievements.
@@Gr8Layksi just left a comment at the top about an AMAZING INTERVIEW that TUCKER had a few weeks ago. NEW MATERIAL. NEW BOOK..ETC..i can't remember the man's name. Am embarrassed to say i had never heard of him, but i am totally convinced that you will want to find that interview. It was on his TCN channel but i saw it on yt
Yes, it’s our Senator Grassley. I text him about two years ago and ask him to please get off the Senate floor and go back to his farm and enjoy what days he had left…. Of course I never heard anything back. Lol that man will die on the Senate floor. I swear way too old.
Whenever this is discussed, I think of Diane Feinstein being rolled up to a microphone, propped up, and told what to say and do! It was just pathetic to watch, just so the liberals could control her vote!
The Republicans are guilty of it as well. Poor Mitch kept on being put in front of the camera, freezing and not being able to say anything. Its just all so sad.
@@mr.robokat7993 Absolutely. We can't look at this as a right or left thing, because it's not. It's establishment politicians not wanting to let go of power and influence.
@@sanusiebarrie7225You do realize that the Vietnam war was underway for nearly 15 years before Nixon took office? And he was responsible for ending it, not starting it right?
You should watch all the Nixon v. JFK debates if you haven't seen them. There is a reason Kennedy very, very, narrowly beat Nixon and almost lost the popular vote. They were both excellent candidates and both very well spoken. They were both totally respectful of one another and literally everyone they were in contact with, at least in public. I fear I may never know what it's like to have 1 excellent Presidential candidate to vote for, much less two at the same time. These debates were also the first ever televised, so the quality of 1 or 2 is not so great, but there is at least one that is really good quality for B&W at the time.
Yes, but they chose not to put a number.. which might have turned out to be too low for today. Their idea was to hope that the electorate would and COULD do its job and vote for those best qualified. Lots of rules and perks are now in place, even for states that have a 'sitting' member who chairs a committee. The system has been compromised. I get it. But i deeply believe that there can be great experience, insight, honor, and good sense in those who are older. Not all, i know. But there are still quite a few.(Sorry, but good grief..look what turmoil and chaos has come from the younger members today..,) ALSO, term or age limits turn someone into a lame duck in their last years.. that isn't good either.. I know
He didn’t break-in. He failed to deal with it soon enough! That media and opposition were really after him. They did the same to Reagan and W.too. They democrats and media railed upon Trump. Then we got this dottery old man and the media asks him about his favorite ice cream flavor!
@@pyrinikos3477 He had a rather good foreign policy. And if Watergate is a thing, then basically all the presidents should have gone to jail (aside from the fact that Nixon didn't even do it).
@@lukasnummer1 look, I’m not saying he’s a complete crook (most presidents are he just got caught) but by even having the knowledge that watergate had happened and not sharing it should have had him punished
He made a stupid and careless mistake. But many other Presidents did things worse than President Nixon. The problem for President Nixon is that he got caught.
Something to note that Biden is the youngest senator in US history and celebrated his 30th birthday after he had won the election but before he was inaugurated, so although 2020 wouldn’t be on the radar a Biden presidency was predicted as early as 1988
Imagine then telling him that Trump would also be president and wreak havok as he did on the world. Nixon would immediately send an FBI hit squad to NYC...
Some people say that Congress should only be for a couple of terms. These people think that 20 years would be too long to serve in Congress. It's only a two-year term, where is the Senate is 6.
@zdb4915 I totally agree and it makes sense and ALL judges 12 years max as well. Everyone in government should have term limits and mandatory retirement. All of our military men and women face a mandatory retirement age. If it is right and good fir our lilitary patriots, it is good for ALL.
I was a punk-ass kid in the Nixon years. Looking back from our current dilemma, it would be great if we could make a midnite run in the Delorean and bring him back . .
He was giving interviews into his 70s and, based on them, I would say he still had a lot to offer. Other people come down with early onset dementia in their 60s and before. Maybe politicians should quit after 2 terms and serve as advisors if they had anything to add.
honest and smart comment from one of the smartest presidents ever❤ Some thing I have always thought should be the rule, and this is coming from at 76 year old!
Looking Back I Have Realized That Richard Milhouse Nixon Was Actually A Great President If Not For Watergate!!! I'm Going To Remember Him For The Good Thing's That He Did For Our Country From Now On! Shalom And Amen ✝️✝️🛐🛐‼️
One time while having devotions with Richard, his mother prophesied- Richard someday you will have an opportunity to bless Israel. That time came when Gilda Meir called asking for help. Kissinger had said, No! But Nixon sent help.
Been saying this for years too. If you wont be around to face the ramifications of your decisions, then you shouldn’t be the one making those decisions. At this point Idk if theyre even really voted into office anymore
Nixon hit the nail right on the head with this one. We have people who are over 90 now in Congress. Over 151 Congressmen over 70 years of age as of last year. That’s ridiculous. AGE LIMIT FOR ALL SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
anybody serving the government should treat it like Jury dury: Nobody wants to do it, but it's just job as a citizen of this country... otherwise, raise the wages of jurors.
OMG , we need his brilliance and guidance now more than ever. What a shame he didn’t get that done. I suspect when watergate happened, the senators and congressmen wanted him out.
@@GD-rd6igBack in 2015 I was saying Trump should pick Biden as his VP. And I wasn’t entirely joking. Can you imagine those two together? Even on the same ticket they’d probably forget they were running together and let snide comments slip. Comedy gold.
Age and term limits. Max age is 65. Soft cap at 60. Two terms, maximum of eight years within the House and Senate. Minimum age 35 and you need credentials, references, or meet some other criteria. Polygraph and psych evals are mandatory. That's a start!
@@marcusfenix9534 I disagree, I know and have known many people over 65 some well into their 90's that were sharp as a tack and fit as a fiddle. I agree there should be some type of test taken, not given by a corrupt doctor, like the one that says Biden is OK, but something to make sure they are fit but, no reason to just put some arbitrary age limit on it.
@@YarnellCrew Not arbitrary. Retirement age was 62, then it became 65. Mental capacity deteriorates by the time you hit your 50s. Average life expectancy is 75 for men, 77 or 78 for women. Every few years a test on attention, vision and cognition should be administered as well as a current civics test. Are these politicians keeping up with the laws? Do they remember why they took the oath of office? If they started their political journey at 30 or 35 then you have at least 20 years to make a good run. I would also look at installing FITREPs or evaluations for each member. If you aint been doing much or anything positive, it's time to go. The Pelosis, Maxine Waters, Bidens, etc are bottlenecking it for the ones like Josh Hawley, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek, etc.
@@marcusfenix9534 We can agree to disagree on that, but I still think term limits for all political positions are the most important to implement first. Then they can look at others things down the line.
One of the "old" senators Nixon would've been talking about here is Strom Thurmond who was already 70 by the time of this recording. He began his political career in the 1930s and by the time of his retirement in 2003, he was over 100 years old.
People aged differently in the 1960's. A 70 year old then could very well be like a 85 year old today. Remember the life expectancy at the turn of the 1960s was 69.6 years.
Look at Trump and Biden and compare them to Nixon at age 81 in interviews. Human genetics have not changed to make us sharper in our old age than things were back then. I would say the old folks of the early 1900s that were still around in my youth were a lot more intelligent sounding than the old folks today.
Again, Nixon was prescient. Age in politics is obviously the topic of the day again in 2024. I find it fascinating how the same important issues were raised in the sixties and seventies are still being debated today (Medicare and Social Security expansions, age and term limits, expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, a two state solution in Israel, etc). Nixon wanted healthcare for all and cancer research funding as well; the man was brilliant and ahead of his time.
I will say one thing. It's probably safer for older people (60-80) than younger people (20-35). Because if younger people are too young and start getting in Congress, we could be living in a Socialist nation ESPECIALLY NOW. God save us all.
presently, I listen to old radio shows like CBS radio mystery theater with the commercials of that time, occasionally one can hear joseph robinette in an interview.
Last interview I heard fjb in which he was coherent, all I heard was him spouting racism about where his kids should go to school compared to people with less money.
Millennial here. I really feel this topic. We're being badly outnumbered in political representation in Western countries. I'm not discussing about which topics are good or bad, it's just a matter of sheer numbers of voters moved by nostalgia and not looking at the future.
In the 80s many politicians in the West were middle to somewhat old aged men,Today there are significantly more politicians in their 30s and 40s than back then. If you want to put people in their 20s in charge - good luck with that. ;) I think we are doing pretty good in the West besides the current somewhat weird situation in the US.
@@thomask.9850But what counts is the age of voters, not of politicians. We may even have them in their 20s, but if they cater to the Boomer constituency they won't do any good to younger generations; and professional politicians today (no matter their age) will cater to Boomers, it's just logical for them to try to attract the largest and richest market share.
@@SusanKay-….We had Donald Trump for 4 years. Despite the headwinds he was a magnificent policy maker. Now…after all this immense destruction they say he’ll erase democracy. Why would he? He’s past that test. What you are seeing now…is destruction of democratic institutions. Your 1st and 2nd amendments have been stripped from American rights.
Your statement exudes your tolerance for different opinions . The oh so tolerant left. Only tolerate those who agree with you. Thats true facisim. @SusanKay-
@@itsjustme4848I disagree. He adored his family, especially his wife. He was a devoted Quaker. He resigned because he admitted to the FBI “I know about John.” (The JFK murder.) They had to get him out of the White House, so they set him up.
I'm going to be honest the more I hear this man speak of what he actually was doing the more I want him back or at least someone like Trump to consider his plans I want the old people out of Congress and I want the border wall fixed.
Great points, though today it could be a bit higher. E.g. first term by 55, out by 75. The wisdom of age is very valuable to leadership, but so is sharpness, energy, etc.
What would he think some members in the Senate are 90 Plus.
It's the same ones, they're still in.
@@tjessefor real. for example Biden was a senator since the Nixon era until he left to be the VP with Obama
@@tjesse Hilarious response & maybe true.
There were some in their 90s then, too, including the Dem Speaker only a few years prior.
Dianne Feinstein (rest her soul) is a fine example of "too long"
What's crazy is it took 50 years for that conversation to be heard to the voting public
Where is this audio coming from and why is it just now being released?
Well….changes recommended or to be made are submitted & wrangled in Congress. These folks clearly are not about to depose themselves out of this lifelong payday & incalculable perks. Hence, we had lifelong Pelosi, Feinstein, Waters, Schiff, Boxer and their own state of California is horrifying…..
@@peggyelchert8340 How about McCarthy? Guy zoned out to another universe
@@maciek8159 Precisely correct. And he’s a California homey…!!! 😂😂😂😂
@@peggyelchert8340 Yeah, I left Cali in 2013. Of course I miss California but then again I didn't live in a liberal area. I still love Cali.
Nixon is an okay guy in my book.
Back in the day I had a paper to do in high school and it was about decisions made during his time in office.
As a goof I composed and sent him a letter that had some really hard questions about his time in office.
My teacher gave me an ‘A’ simply for the composition of the letter and my ballsy attempt to personally contact the former president.
A few weeks later I got the shock of my life when a large envelope from San Simeon, CA arrived in my mailbox. Not only was it a letter answering my questions point by point and signed by the president he also included a signed photograph in the package!
Replying to a crazy kid with tough questions was a real class move. Adding the photo demonstrated grace and kindness. When I showed the response to my teacher he gave me a ‘+’ to add to the ‘A’!
All in all it gave me a whole new perspective on the man who was so universally hated at the time! He certainly was a complicated and interesting human being!
You just made me like him a bit more. There are a lot of things I don't know about how he ended Nam and the cost of it, but overall he sounds just wise and based
But how did Nixon force special homosexual rights to Vietnam ?
He didn't send illegal mexicans !
Reminds me about this story about Indira Gandhi that I heard from my dad
Didn't nixon hate communists ?
Interesting story, definitely changed my perception of him a little bit, for better
As a black american I never bought into Nixon being a bad guy because older black people always said he was the best president in their life time.
He was set up....
@@Eydr-s5jhe was his own worst enemy unfortunately
They tried to make Nixon out to be a racist when LBJ was slinging the nwords out like candy
Black old folk weren't the only old folks who said it....
The CIA screwed the US and President Nixon when they set him up. Yes it was a set up deepthroat CIA and Woodward CIA so....yeah
How old we talking? I remember some real OGs telling me FDR was the best
He was smarter than people thought.
Are you kidding, everyone knew he was the smartest man in any room he entered
That's why the democrats were so desperate to get rid of and destroy him
Way smarter.
@@snydedon9636 100% he was. I would take him back right now.
Most career criminals are indeed clever but eventually they start believing their own BS and get sloppy with their cirmes
@porscheoscar well Biden has proved that career criminals can be very successful.
Nobody should hold public office after 75 years old.
So nor Biden nor Trump do not qualify in your rules. Trump is 77 my God. Gonna be 78 next year. How USA ended with both candidates ripe for elder house? Do USA (a country with over 300 million people) lack competeny people of 40-50 years old
I totally agree and I am 66. We put mandatory retirement dates for all military officers, and I am a retired officer. People know clearly that age matters when you are serving in a high stress and critical job. Our US Constitution put a minimum age for service for various positions, and people back then died much sooner than now. Seventy-five years of age is time to retire from high stress jobs. The USA was in a bad position due to FDR hanging on when he was sick. You had Truman taking over as President totally in the blind because FDR hung on while seriously ill, and on top of it, he shut Truman out of key information. Think how much damage that called.
I totally agree and I am 66. We put mandatory retirement dates for all military officers, and I am a retired officer. People know clearly that age matters when you are serving in a high stress and critical job. Our US Constitution put a minimum age for service for various positions, and people back then died much sooner than now. Seventy-five years of age is time to retire from high stress jobs. The USA was in a bad position due to FDR hanging on when he was sick. You had Truman taking over as President totally in the blind because FDR hung on while seriously ill, and on top of it, he shut Truman out of key information. Think how much damage that called.
I am a senior and I totally agree.
Dang! Trump gonna be 78 this year. Biden gonna be 82 this year. Holy fucking christ! They both belong to senior nursery
Just looked this up. Currently there are 20 members of congress in their 80s. Senator from Iowa is 90. Omg...
GOP Senator from Iowa.
Why do people vote for them? No man or woman must hold elected positions after 60.
@@luckyjayakodybecause people don’t care exclusively about age, and also if there in office at that age they probably already have been fore a while and if there still in charge for that long there probably doing something right
@@willfakaroni5808"must be doing something right" yeah that's gotta be it 😂😂😂
@@willfakaroni5808Nanci Pelosi would like a word with you.
Term limits needed badly. Sick of career politicians going in broke and coming out multimillionaires. Lobbying should be straight out banned.
Tell that to AAA.
People allowed that organization and company to become the biggest lobbiest ever in the 70s and 80s. Turns out AAA ruined Michigan let alone our country in some ways
Good idea! Now who has to vote to enact term limits and ban lobbying…oh. 😒
@@rfichokeofdestinywe can't vote for it if it's not on the ballots.... Do you even understand that we aren't living in a Democracy? We never really were. It was never really meant to be a Democracy to begin with. But now we're given this illusion of choice. But we have no choice.
@@gimmethepinkelephant3685 You missed the (frankly obvious) point completely. The politicians have to enact term limits. And they never will. Any plan that requires the establishment to limit itself is retarded.
It was a republic for about the first 20-30 years. Then it was all over.
The more shorts of Nixon TH-cam recommends to me the more I am impressed with this man.
I think he was one of the best presidents except for the removal of the gold standard. He was one of the most popular too until they took him down with watergate, and I truly believe that was a coordinated effort by the intelligence agencies. Considering the person who leaked watergate to the press was an FBI asset, who also helped orchestrate it. William felt
He was a damn good president. He fought the cabal corruption and they set him up for Watergate .. could of been worse. Look at JFK. He fought the cabal and lost
True. I am loving him.
Just like JFK, the intelligence agencies kicked him out of office for getting a little too nosy.
That's why the Nixon foundation is doing TH-cam shorts, to show up in your feed and launder the image of this vile, racist crook.
Nixon was only saying what many of us think. I am a senior citizen and I think there needs to be age and term limits for congress.
He's right!
Wing!
He was. Too bad he was crooked and had to resign in disgrace.
Reading the same speech every year and voting the party line, how much energy does it take?
@@inigo7780There’s a lot more to that story. If you dig. Compared to other crooked presidents Nixon is kind of a saint especially compared to LBJ or Biden.
@@wellokayyes1266 I think LBJ and Biden are worse too, however, Nixon rubbed shoulders with the Molech worshiping elites at Bohemian Grove and was no saint.
I am 60 and remember Nixon .
I begin to view him and feel about him like he is kind of like a belated founding father .
What he says in this video was actually in sincere concern and interest for the future of our country , but I tend to doubt many real Americans can understand what his reasoning was .
Can I ask why you're typing like this?
@@j.p.westwater2334
Sure , ask me .
Weird question by JP above ...
I believe the reason this whole conversation happened was because Nixon wasn't getting along with the older people in Washington at the time and felt as if he couldn't communicate his political agenda to a bunch of bureaucrats at the time.
In general, these words he spoke were not wrong then nor wrong now..
@@j.p.westwater2334read an old book sometime.
Hes like a belated Al Capone that decided to go into politics instead of paying them off
Context... Biden was running for his first term in the Senate when this call took place lol....
Love that you mention that
Excellent context!
It’s astonishing….the president of the United States today….was a Senator when Nixon talked on that phone call. You would think that was in some sci-fi movie.
Funny because he was more concerned about age than blatant criminality. Boy would he have been a fan of Trump and his attempt to obtain total immunity for criminal acts as President. Nixon would have been raging like a Republican Musoloni
Poster “child” for term/age limits I would say.
Nixon was a very smart guy and a great President.
He said it because he knew how much work one needed to really put in if they really wanted to represent the peoples best interest.
He was right.
George Washington was right -- ONE Term ... no CAREER of privilege to GAIN Power.
It’s up to the voters to decide.
About a lot of things. Not this one.
@@kdbrock100 how is he wrong
@@itsame9647 because it eliminates my right to vote for very effective, wise and influential leaders. That is wrong. At least with term limits you can make the argument that it is a compromise to ensure part time citizen representation. Age is not a fix for anything. It does not stop incompetents from getting elected.
History books will have you thinking nixon was a terrible president because of watergate. But taking the time to actually learn about him is he was a brilliant man. Extremely insightful and forward thinking. He's speaking on issues we still deal with today.
History will be kind to him in 100 years, just like they are to Grant. Scandal becomes less important as time goes on.
President Nixon was a maverick.
Norm Macdonald was trying to tell us Nixon was treated unfairly for years.
Was he? Where? When? I’ve never seen those clips, and I’ve watched hundreds of hours of Norm.
How exactly was he treated unfairly? He disgraced the Office with lies and coverups and deserved to be impeached. None of that negates his political achievements.
@@Gr8Layksi just left a comment at the top about an AMAZING INTERVIEW that TUCKER had a few weeks ago. NEW MATERIAL. NEW BOOK..ETC..i can't remember the man's name. Am embarrassed to say i had never heard of him, but i am totally convinced that you will want to find that interview. It was on his TCN channel but i saw it on yt
Louis CK praises him as well.
@Gr8Layks i found out later that the name of the man that TUCKER interviewed is GEOFF SHEPARD. it was truly excellent
Justice Burger is the most American name I have ever heard
I want mine with some freedom fries.
the US used to have an ambassador to Yugoslavia named Lawrence Eagleburger
Bro i met this guy once who's name was Jeffrey Homeless
😂 @@tombradydid9114
Yes, it’s our Senator Grassley. I text him about two years ago and ask him to please get off the Senate floor and go back to his farm and enjoy what days he had left…. Of course I never heard anything back. Lol that man will die on the Senate floor. I swear way too old.
The man balanced the budget every year he was in office. Just one of the many reasons why he's one of the most underrated Presidents.
Whenever this is discussed, I think of Diane Feinstein being rolled up to a microphone, propped up, and told what to say and do! It was just pathetic to watch, just so the liberals could control her vote!
The Republicans are guilty of it as well. Poor Mitch kept on being put in front of the camera, freezing and not being able to say anything. Its just all so sad.
@@mr.robokat7993 Absolutely. We can't look at this as a right or left thing, because it's not. It's establishment politicians not wanting to let go of power and influence.
Nixon was a great president
Really 2 million killed in Vietnam
@@sanusiebarrie7225You do realize that the Vietnam war was underway for nearly 15 years before Nixon took office? And he was responsible for ending it, not starting it right?
NIXSON WAS FANTASTIC AND 💯💯💯CORRECT.
The more I research Nixon the more I like the guy.
You should watch all the Nixon v. JFK debates if you haven't seen them. There is a reason Kennedy very, very, narrowly beat Nixon and almost lost the popular vote. They were both excellent candidates and both very well spoken. They were both totally respectful of one another and literally everyone they were in contact with, at least in public. I fear I may never know what it's like to have 1 excellent Presidential candidate to vote for, much less two at the same time. These debates were also the first ever televised, so the quality of 1 or 2 is not so great, but there is at least one that is really good quality for B&W at the time.
Au contraire. This video should make you LOSE respect for him
@@DavidLopez-gs1fb How so?
The Nixon Foundation is getting audacious. I like it!
The founding fathers never intended on holding a public office to be a life time job. Term and age limits need to be done now.
Yes, but they chose not to put a number.. which might have turned out to be too low for today. Their idea was to hope that the electorate would and COULD do its job and vote for those best qualified. Lots of rules and perks are now in place, even for states that have a 'sitting' member who chairs a committee. The system has been compromised. I get it. But i deeply believe that there can be great experience, insight, honor, and good sense in those who are older. Not all, i know. But there are still quite a few.(Sorry, but good grief..look what turmoil and chaos has come from the younger members today..,)
ALSO, term or age limits turn someone into a lame duck in their last years.. that isn't good either..
I know
@@lindaphillips4646I haven’t heard real policy since JFK so clearly something is wrong.
One of the best president the US ever had. Too bad for us Watergate happened.
Not really he screwed up the whole way Americans get HealthCare coverage that pre-existing medical condition screwed all of us l over for 37 years
Yeah if he didn’t have pretty bad foreign policy and watergate I think he would be seen as a actually really good president
He didn’t break-in. He failed to deal with it soon enough! That media and opposition were really after him. They did the same to Reagan and W.too. They democrats and media railed upon Trump. Then we got this dottery old man and the media asks him about his favorite ice cream flavor!
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He had a rather good foreign policy.
And if Watergate is a thing, then basically all the presidents should have gone to jail (aside from the fact that Nixon didn't even do it).
@@lukasnummer1 look, I’m not saying he’s a complete crook (most presidents are he just got caught) but by even having the knowledge that watergate had happened and not sharing it should have had him punished
‘Grand Old’ party was more literal than we realised
He was referring to their sanity.
No he wasn't he was very clear what he meant
@gabrielsilvas692
Oh, really now. Get a grip and read between the lines.
I loved Richard Nixon.
He was a good president but got ruined by Watergate. Even made the EPA.. Super smart but had that paranoia that got him in trouble.. such a waste.
He made a stupid and careless mistake. But many other Presidents did things worse than President Nixon. The problem for President Nixon is that he got caught.
Obviously you don't have to be paranoid, to know someone is after you...
What does "even made the EPA" mean?
That particular 3 letter agency is one of the most corrupt ever and isn't even as old as I am
He knew that Kennedy stole the 1960 election from him, so his paranoia was understandable.
Nixon wasn't paranoid, the Deep State really was after him.
This channel is gold.
Imagine telling Nixon that Biden will be President one day, he'd laugh then go
*Wait. YOU'RE SERIOUS!*
It really would have been a laugh out loud joke back then! 😂 It still is, but nobody’s laughing! 😢
Something to note that Biden is the youngest senator in US history and celebrated his 30th birthday after he had won the election but before he was inaugurated, so although 2020 wouldn’t be on the radar a Biden presidency was predicted as early as 1988
Imagine then telling him that Trump would also be president and wreak havok as he did on the world. Nixon would immediately send an FBI hit squad to NYC...
He would have believed you until you told him two-thousand and freaking twenty.
Some people say that Congress should only be for a couple of terms. These people think that 20 years would be too long to serve in Congress. It's only a two-year term, where is the Senate is 6.
12 years all up, 2 x senate terms and 6 x house terms
@zdb4915 I totally agree and it makes sense and ALL judges 12 years max as well. Everyone in government should have term limits and mandatory retirement. All of our military men and women face a mandatory retirement age. If it is right and good fir our lilitary patriots, it is good for ALL.
One term in office, one term in prison.
The more time passes. Nixons name becomes more and more visible out from the archives as one of this nation’s greatest presidents.
Totally agree worth you
Wait till we hear the brilliance when Biden and Trump's tapes come out in the future!
@@D.D.-ud9ztI don't think Donald Trump knows how to operate a tape recorder. He probably can't find the playback button.
I actually agree with Nixon on these issues.
I was a punk-ass kid in the Nixon years. Looking back from our current dilemma, it would be great if we could make a midnite run in the Delorean and bring him back . .
He forgot to mention it’s a house of full of criminals!
He stayed quite about that after all he was not a crook! LOL!
Don’t forget the Bribin WH
Some of the people who were in the house and Senate when he was having this conversation ARE STILL THERE
He was giving interviews into his 70s and, based on them, I would say he still had a lot to offer. Other people come down with early onset dementia in their 60s and before. Maybe politicians should quit after 2 terms and serve as advisors if they had anything to add.
I never saw it coming as a youth, but the older I get the more I align with Richard Nixon. Fantastic thinker, years ahead of his time.
Mitch McConnell looks like he can barely breathe. Some of these guys were waiters at the last supper lol
His voters wanted it that way
@@iche9373 All the more reason. We need a bill that protects America from Kentuckians.
Term limits. Age limits. Ban lobbying.
I am no Nixon fan, but I think he was right on this issue.
This is Truth! Term limits and age limits for congress
It’s crazy I’ve been saying this for the last 3 years and to know that Nixon have said this also is blowing my mind.
He was one of the best prez we had my mother cryed so badly she had to lay down for the day she was so ashamed of everyone else not him ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Term limits are what is needed 👌
From what I’ve gathered together, Nixon’s ultimate downfall was his paranoia. The man was hardly an idiot by any sense of the word.
This guy was spot on with most things.
Finally, this man was a great visionary!!! Much respect, sir Nixon!!
If only Nixon could see what's going on in Congress now, he would have SHOCK AND AHH.
honest and smart comment from one of the smartest presidents ever❤
Some thing I have always thought should be the rule, and this is coming from at 76 year old!
Looking Back I Have Realized That Richard Milhouse Nixon Was Actually A Great President If Not For Watergate!!! I'm Going To Remember Him For The Good Thing's That He Did For Our Country From Now On! Shalom And Amen ✝️✝️🛐🛐‼️
One time while having devotions with Richard, his mother prophesied- Richard someday you will have an opportunity to bless Israel. That time came when Gilda Meir called asking for help. Kissinger had said, No! But Nixon sent help.
I like this Nixon guy, I hope he runs for president.
Wow, Nixon is saying some smart things here that should be discussed out in the open.
I never realized what a smart, savvy, and great man Nixon was. I have never studied him. He is fascinating and brilliant.
Nixon had some bad, bad traits but I can still respect him. He was intelligent, informed, articulate, moderate.
I agree he was intelligent, informed, articulate and moderate. But because of his bad, bad traits, I have no respect for him. ,
@@itsjustme4848 please elaborate..... he's the only president to have won 49 states in a landslide 😂
I am starting to realize why they turned on him and started municipaling the public into thinking he was crook, and he really wasn't. Sad.
Been saying this for years too. If you wont be around to face the ramifications of your decisions, then you shouldn’t be the one making those decisions. At this point Idk if theyre even really voted into office anymore
He’s right about age limits in Congress! No wonder they voted him out. They were scared.
Man was talking about people born in the 1800’s
You sound like a child.....
@@Eydr-s5jyo if you want to square up do it don’t run your mouth
@@JoeSmith-eo7rc love when idiots try to speak... Yo jus showin how dum yo is....
@@JoeSmith-eo7rc lil bro does not have opps
Nixon hit the nail right on the head with this one. We have people who are over 90 now in Congress. Over 151 Congressmen over 70 years of age as of last year. That’s ridiculous. AGE LIMIT FOR ALL SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES.
anybody serving the government should treat it like Jury dury: Nobody wants to do it, but it's just job as a citizen of this country... otherwise, raise the wages of jurors.
Excellent point.
I am beginning to like Nixon. He is pragmatic!
Nixon was only 60 then. Not an 80 year old geriatric. Outside of the Watergate break in I'd take Nixon any day over any president we've had since.
Nixon was the most sensible and intelligent president America ever had.
There needs to be term limits and age limits
OMG , we need his brilliance and guidance now more than ever. What a shame he didn’t get that done. I suspect when watergate happened, the senators and congressmen wanted him out.
I mean how would he think about the president not being able to string a sentence together
Or one that painted his skin orange and organized a mob on capital hill...the times we live in.
He would say, this man needs to be relieved of office immediately.
Now if you are honest, I’ll agree with you. Neither the Prez nor his opposing candidate can speak coherently
@@GD-rd6igBack in 2015 I was saying Trump should pick Biden as his VP. And I wasn’t entirely joking. Can you imagine those two together? Even on the same ticket they’d probably forget they were running together and let snide comments slip. Comedy gold.
@@GD-rd6ighave you seen trumps interviews recently? He talks fully coherently with eye contact of the speakers. JB is the one with problems.
Seems like the more I listen to Nixon the more I enjoy listening to him talk.
We don't need age limits, we need term limits!
Age and term limits. Max age is 65. Soft cap at 60. Two terms, maximum of eight years within the House and Senate. Minimum age 35 and you need credentials, references, or meet some other criteria. Polygraph and psych evals are mandatory. That's a start!
we need both
@@marcusfenix9534 I disagree, I know and have known many people over 65 some well into their 90's that were sharp as a tack and fit as a fiddle. I agree there should be some type of test taken, not given by a corrupt doctor, like the one that says Biden is OK, but something to make sure they are fit but, no reason to just put some arbitrary age limit on it.
@@YarnellCrew Not arbitrary. Retirement age was 62, then it became 65. Mental capacity deteriorates by the time you hit your 50s. Average life expectancy is 75 for men, 77 or 78 for women. Every few years a test on attention, vision and cognition should be administered as well as a current civics test. Are these politicians keeping up with the laws? Do they remember why they took the oath of office?
If they started their political journey at 30 or 35 then you have at least 20 years to make a good run. I would also look at installing FITREPs or evaluations for each member. If you aint been doing much or anything positive, it's time to go. The Pelosis, Maxine Waters, Bidens, etc are bottlenecking it for the ones like Josh Hawley, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek, etc.
@@marcusfenix9534 We can agree to disagree on that, but I still think term limits for all political positions are the most important to implement first. Then they can look at others things down the line.
One of the "old" senators Nixon would've been talking about here is Strom Thurmond who was already 70 by the time of this recording. He began his political career in the 1930s and by the time of his retirement in 2003, he was over 100 years old.
Never thought i would agree with of all ppl Nixon
Ronald Reagan advocated for Congressional Term Limits Legislation many years ago as well.
Two wrongs don’t make a right and when he’s right he’s right and… I ran out of cliches hold on one second
I agree with Nixon on this one. Term Limits are a necessity and age restriction should be implicated
As usual he was right
Use this argument today and they’ll call you agist and try to cancel you.
I would love to see the look on Nixon's face now.
When, Pelosi, Schumer, and Biden walk by. Its like the crypt keeper club.
I would honestly prefer term limits over age limits. I don't mind the age too much, it's time they put in Congress. 30,40, 50 years ? That's too much.
We do not elect kings, we elect presidents. This is why excess power is dangerous; rules for thee but not for me.
Solution term and age limits.
The fact this had been happening back during his time and even he thought it was a problem shows how much of a problem it is now. Fascinating.
People aged differently in the 1960's. A 70 year old then could very well be like a 85 year old today. Remember the life expectancy at the turn of the 1960s was 69.6 years.
Your making term limits even more important than ever with your statement
Shut up
Exactly 😅😅!
Now more than ever term limits
May be important
Look at Trump and Biden and compare them to Nixon at age 81 in interviews. Human genetics have not changed to make us sharper in our old age than things were back then. I would say the old folks of the early 1900s that were still around in my youth were a lot more intelligent sounding than the old folks today.
What he wants would require a Constitutional amendment. If anyone wants the same today--there are two ways to amend the Constitution.
no body with duel citizenship
Again, Nixon was prescient. Age in politics is obviously the topic of the day again in 2024. I find it fascinating how the same important issues were raised in the sixties and seventies are still being debated today (Medicare and Social Security expansions, age and term limits, expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, a two state solution in Israel, etc). Nixon wanted healthcare for all and cancer research funding as well; the man was brilliant and ahead of his time.
I will say one thing. It's probably safer for older people (60-80) than younger people (20-35). Because if younger people are too young and start getting in Congress, we could be living in a Socialist nation ESPECIALLY NOW. God save us all.
I'm not against setting term limitations for congress, but I would definitely like it for the supreme Court justices.
presently, I listen to old radio shows like CBS radio mystery theater with the commercials of that time, occasionally one can hear joseph robinette in an interview.
Last interview I heard fjb in which he was coherent, all I heard was him spouting racism about where his kids should go to school compared to people with less money.
Nixon being unironically a good president is hilarious through a modern lens
We were so wrong about Nixon. What a great guy.
Millennial here. I really feel this topic. We're being badly outnumbered in political representation in Western countries. I'm not discussing about which topics are good or bad, it's just a matter of sheer numbers of voters moved by nostalgia and not looking at the future.
In the 80s many politicians in the West were middle to somewhat old aged men,Today there are significantly more politicians in their 30s and 40s than back then. If you want to put people in their 20s in charge - good luck with that. ;) I think we are doing pretty good in the West besides the current somewhat weird situation in the US.
@@thomask.9850But what counts is the age of voters, not of politicians. We may even have them in their 20s, but if they cater to the Boomer constituency they won't do any good to younger generations; and professional politicians today (no matter their age) will cater to Boomers, it's just logical for them to try to attract the largest and richest market share.
I know of zero voters moved by nostalgia, but ok
@@SusanKay-….We had Donald Trump for 4 years. Despite the headwinds he was a magnificent policy maker. Now…after all this immense destruction they say he’ll erase democracy. Why would he? He’s past that test. What you are seeing now…is destruction of democratic institutions. Your 1st and 2nd amendments have been stripped from American rights.
Your statement exudes your tolerance for different opinions . The oh so tolerant left. Only tolerate those who agree with you. Thats true facisim. @SusanKay-
This man was a wise man. God blessed him. A good man after all.
He was smart and articulate. But he was not a good man.
@@itsjustme4848I disagree. He adored his family, especially his wife. He was a devoted Quaker. He resigned because he admitted to the FBI “I know about John.” (The JFK murder.) They had to get him out of the White House, so they set him up.
Jesus why don’t they retire? Don’t they have families?
It is BECAUSE they have families that they keep their jobs. More than likely things are not great on the home front.
you can't do insider trading if you're not part of the inside.
I'm going to be honest the more I hear this man speak of what he actually was doing the more I want him back or at least someone like Trump to consider his plans I want the old people out of Congress and I want the border wall fixed.
He would be shocked at Biden’s age 😂
Ironic since he met Senator Biden when he was president. God damn he'd be surprised to see him as President 50 years after that.
@@earthball2024 So true
@@BillStemil that’s a good 5 yrs younger than Biden 😂
@@RollsRodthere under 4 years different in age. Nov 1942 and June 1946
Why comment if you don’t actually know the ages?
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Great points, though today it could be a bit higher. E.g. first term by 55, out by 75. The wisdom of age is very valuable to leadership, but so is sharpness, energy, etc.