President Nixon's 1971 State of the Union

[@joyknutson6468]

Actually one of the greatest presidents ever

[@starter47990]

One of the greatest State of the Union speeches

[@kristhoresen9269]

I'm voting for him. Great platform and common sense .

[@cancerVme]

lol

[@GabrielRodriguez-um8fi]

A much better president than Obama and Biden.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@cancerVme what's funny?

[@hotelmario5203]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 he’s been dead for 30 years

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@Hotel Mario I just wanted to know what she thought was funny.

[@LBart218]

A month before I was born. Interesting to hear the most pressing issues of that time. Thank you for sharing!

[@paulrivera5231]

It’s so sad that the Congress has become so mean spirited. Can you imagine the speaker of the house tearing up the president’s state of the union speech ?? Congrats to the Congress. We now hate each other. What did Abraham Lincoln say ? A house divided against itself cannot stand. Do you think Biden could deliver a speech like this ??

[@danielhetue6968]

Nice speech he delivered just a day after Senator Russell’s death at the age of 73. How nice of Nixon visiting Russell in the hospital before his passing and sending a moment of silence before delivering a long speech.

[@randomtees]

Back in a time when the California and Maryland/Baltimore politicians were Republicans and the Oklahoma politician was a Democrat.

[@zackcross7190]

Back in the days of the Rockefeller Republicans, before the Reaganites.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@zackcross7190 Rockefeller. The establishment of his day. Glad he got pushed aside.

[@Michael1966W]

@@zackcross7190Reaganites were fine it’s the Trump people that are the issues

[@allenshirley4293]

Both parties had such friendly discord back then, things really did change and not for the better.

[@raiden6156]

*discourse You can't have "friendly discord."

[@Nmax]

Great president. we need president Nixon today 2023 - smart intellectual, knowledgeable, well spoken President Nixon and Kissinger the expert realipolitik in todays world

[@ronnieterry4916]

This is one of the best state of the union ever delivered.

[@donnysarian]

Richard Nixon was the greatest president of the 20th century and I miss him.

[@maddixodaniel4018]

Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and George hw bush is my favorite president great honor and sense of humor common sense

[@pinghsu4607]

One of the best presidents and I will vote for him anytime

[@mahirrahman7]

Quite an astonishing reception from an audience of a Democratic supermajority Congress in 1971.

[@cdr861532]

This was back when we elected intelligent gentlemen, instead of WWE wrestling characters.

[@thermionic1234567]

Sadly the reason for such a warm reception is that this is not a state of the union, but rather a concession speech. Nixon is hammering the last nail into Robert Taft’s coffin. What follows in the rest of the year is the fastest lurch of the Overton Window to the Left. In short, Nixon is announcing that he is a Progressive in the same mold as Woodrow Wilson, TR, FDR and LBJ.

[@wonder7798]

2022 sad that nothing has changed

[@ronnieterry4916]

And one of the best president's ever. I can only name two who were better than Nixon George Washington and Donald Trump

[@bradyfry8031]

I don't think that the Watergate break in was necessary, Nixon had the 72 election in the bag either way.

[@georgelustrea2912]

You are 100% correct.....

[@nick56677]

Nixon didn't need to do Watergate AT ALL! He only lost 1 state, and DC which had a combined 17 Electoral Votes, lol. Nixon won 49 out of 50 states, 520 electoral votes, and nearly 20 million more popular votes.

[@cdr861532]

Correct…..but he was paranoid. There was a lot of social problems in the early 70s, the war was dragging on, the civil rights movement was still in swing, he thought communists were taking over parts of the USA (really….a lot of GOP members say it, but he truly thought it) and I believe he was drinking heavily during that time. He became paranoid. I think that with everything going on that I mentioned above, I think it was slowly becoming too much for him. He always came across as a strong and confident man, but I think that he had a lot of demons and it was slowly driving him crazy.

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

Nixon didn't plan the break in at Watergate and didn't tell those people to bug the offices. All he had to do was condemn the burglars and the whole affair and he more than likely could've finished his second term.

[@seancampbell9740]

He needs to go for president

[@electioncoverages8249]

1/21/71

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Very good speech overall.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I didn't know you could record in color in 1971!

[@99Hudson]

FortNikitaBullion Color TV dated from the ‘50’s, and was the norm by the fall of 1965.

[@rah62]

@@99Hudson That's not what he said. He didn't think color recording was available, not color broadcasting.

[@mpaulshore]

The first color videotape recorder, an Ampex model (open-reel, of course), was introduced in 1958. A small number of color videotapes from the late fifties survive. This video of the 1971 State of the Union speech should not look all blurry and smeary like this. Perhaps the master tape was stored in poor conditions or damaged somehow, or perhaps what we’re seeing reflects the master, or a copy, having been played back on dilapidated or poorly adjusted equipment.

[@bradyfry8031]

I think eisenhower was the first president to have been broadcast in Color in 1958.

[@thermionic1234567]

First major color video recording that’s in existence was made in 1957 or ‘58 by his then-boss, Dwight Eisenhower…

[@Yobbie72]

Nixon didn't want to wear makeup or a blue shirt, but he gave into his media advisers and did what they wanted.

[@electionuser3056]

1.21.71

[@NECHOII]

*ABRAHAM LINCOLN WASN'T ALIVE IN 1871!*

[@thermionic1234567]

I wonder what President Nixon thought of Bismarck? Seems he must have thought that all of this Big Government was inevitable and that he could manage our transition to a unitary state. Didn’t he realize that Bismarck only had to manage the Kaiser and not Congress and the Administrative State?

[@zachgates7491]

So Nancy Pelosi wasn’t there to tear up her copy of the speech?

[@Michael1966W]

I’m no fan of Trump but that was disgusting.

[@ericeasterday5849]

Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory game out in theaters 8 days after this speech!! 😂😂

[@newt0830]

why was he on a platform?

[@ribbonsandrainbowsribbonsa2529]

71 Nixon s shock will be used in un court to put me in jail incarceration incarcerated most of the world causing memories loss Dementria Alzheimer's lawsuit in un court

[@SamuRq]

Speak chile?

[@johnduffy8584]

Wow, he called the arch segregationist Richard Russell one of the greatest Americans of all time. And everyone stood up for this sentiment! Times have changed.

[@matthewnikitas8905]

Well he was certainly not the only one who held that opinion at the time, whether you feel it is right or wrong

[@pinedelgado4743]

0:41. Mr. Doorkeeper? DO SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!! :) :) :) :)

[@thermionic1234567]

President Nixon must have lost the right wing with this Keynesian, proto-UBI speech. And it gets worse as the year progresses: wage and price controls, closure of the gold window, proto-Obamacare. My father was a microbiologist and we certainly did OK with some of this cancer research largesse…

[@josephevans3217]

A No better than a common criminal?

[@elliotthancock6480]

What we have today are high class criminals that do not have a brain.

[@alexanderjosephross]

'None Dare Call It Conspiracy' brought me here. Nixon was owned by banksters.