What Nixon Thought About Bobby Kennedy

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[@chrishelbling3879]

Nixon speaks with respect to people who hated him. God bless you, Pres. Nixon.

[@john1198]

I am not sure they hated each other .tey we’re competitive rivals

[@chrishelbling3879]

@@john1198 I think you are right. Perhaps the "hatred" about a political opponent is a more contemporary thing?

[@youtubeuser9496]

​@@chrishelbling3879LBJ had a lot of personal beef with RFK.

[@chrishelbling3879]

@@youtubeuser9496 I think it was mutual, from Bobby & Jack.

[@televishenimoniker5546]

Nixon, as far as I've seen, has something respectful & insightful to say about darn near everybody! As a youngish person, I can only imagine what it was like to have politicians with this openness & respect, and intelligence. It is a foreign concept since the 90s, in my opinion.

[@NJcruiser]

It's nice to hear an interview where the host lets the interviewee answer the question without interrupting.

[@consciouslifeidentified1844]

Without opinion

[@user-cg7dg7uv8f]

From the days when journalists reported on the news and did not alwaysd try to become part of the story

[@cdrundles]

It's also a time when the interviewees weren't lying the whole time!

[@teacup3133]

Yes, and it’s nice when the interviewee is intelligent and well spoken. We don’t have much of that these days.

[@tony84.]

That's a good point. It's a lost art of interviewing.

[@djpalindrome]

Nixon’s appraisals of his contemporaries are surprisingly nuanced and perceptive, not political hit jobs

[@kennethbrady]

True, Nixon is SO smart. I am a Democrat but I love listening to Nixon and his keen insights.

[@djpalindrome]

@@kennethbrady Nixon expressed admiration for his political adversaries, or at least acknowledged their strengths and good qualities. How sad apparently the median IQ has declined so precipitously that we believe politicians are either angels or devils

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Nixon was a true old-school gentleman and did not trash-talk.

[@joeyfitz9]

Good point. True. The clip of him describing LBJ is may favorite.

[@770WT]

Nixon was tricky behind the scenes .The man had an alta ego .

[@randallknapp7528]

I can listen to Nixon all day long.

[@gordonhall9871]

he got a raw deal with watergate

[@user-bl6ne3hc6n]

There's a lot of him being interviewed on utube , very smart and interesting man, you just wonder how he got involved in Watergate,

[@raiden6156]

He was set up. ​@@user-bl6ne3hc6n

[@stevehicks8944]

Simple: he attempted to cover up what a group of idiots did instead of publicly denouncing it. I find it fascinating that ALL the Watergate “burglars” either were active or retired CIA operatives. Nixon want to pull the lid off of the bureaucracy in Washington. The bureaucracy fought back…and won.

[@diamondjim7560]

@@gordonhall9871Pat Buchanan knew him very well. Buchanan worked in the Nixon Whitehouse. He said Nixon was extremely loyal to the people who worked for him. The problem was that the people who worked for Nixon weren’t loyal to him and had no compunction to betray him. In 1991 a book “Silent Coup: The Removal of a President," by investigative reporters Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin laid the reason for the break in at the feet of John Dean, White House Counsel. The short version was that Dean’s wife was a college sorority sister to a woman that ran a Washington “escort” service and Mo Dean’s name was in this woman’s address book. The address book was in the hands of the Democratic National Committee. Dean was concerned about the potential personal embarrassment to him and his wife. It had nothing to do with protecting Nixon. Dean set up the break-in with Hunt and the Cubans. When the book came out G. Gordon Liddy made quite an issue of it because he was made the fall guy. Dean, of course, denies all this and got better treatment from prosecutors than the rest of those involved. James Rosen, formerly of Fox News, also blames the break-in on Dean in his book in 2008. Dean, again, continues to stand by his version.

[@johnherlihy4739]

I love this commentary by Richard Nixon! Bobby Kennedy was an 18th Century Jesuit Priest! 🤣 Yes, Teddy was the consummate Irish politician, like a lot of my Grandfather’s family! John Kennedy was debonair and a class act! You can tell who had the best personal traits to become President! I love these Nixon videos! The Liberal Press denigrated Nixon and his legacy. These videos prove that he was one of the brightest and most intellectually insightful of any President!

[@bpd9660]

Makes Trump look like a stone age barbarian

[@antonius_006]

Jesuits are not as democratic as the Founding Fathers would like them to be.

[@johnjackson8401]

Makes Biden look like a modern age moron.

[@johnherlihy4739]

@@bpd9660 🤣

[@markstevenson6635]

Nixon was quoting Alice Roosevelt Longworth for those descriptions. He says her name more than once.

[@TheStockwell]

Even if Nixon loathed a rival or public figure, he was always discreet and diplomatic. I mean, if he'd been served liver and onions as a child, he would've told his mother, "I understand how much thought and work you put into preparing this meal. I sincerely do. Although liver and onions may never take the place in my heart which hamburgers and ice cream do, rest assured I will do my utmost to convey something resembling enthusiasm and appreciation for your efforts. Thanks, Mom." Best wishes from Vermont 🍁

[@thomasthompson6378]

That's hysterical!! Many, many thanks.

[@billyshears921]

That is spot on!

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

That's beautiful! 😂

[@Cadence733]

😂❤

[@uclajd]

I don't think Nixon looked at the world as like or dislike, but respect or not respect. And I mean respect not as admiration, but as a political legal, or military force. His favorite movie while in the White House was Patton.

[@adadumitrescu412]

What an intelligent person. I love to listen to Mr Nixon.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

Nixon is one of the most interesting presidents of all time.

[@johnconway9882]

It's a good thing that -- after resigning -- Richard Nixon did not shy away from the public. So glad he recorded hours and hours of interviews. Otherwise, most people would be forced to base their opinion and judgements on what the MSM presents and how Hollywood chooses to portray him. If not for recordings like this -- that reveal his vast knowledge, intellect, and viewpoints -- Shakespeare's words might ring true: “The [bad] that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” Marc Antony in Julius Caesar

[@NixonFoundation]

Well said!

[@tony84.]

I was not born when President Nixon was elected, but as a student of history, and being fair, with all the ups and downs, who was a patriot and loved the country. And he was not an extremist like today's Republican party in 2024. No way in HELL President Nixon would not denounce his party's extremism, especially storming the capitol and an insurrection. He would forcefully call that out!

[@stevehicks8944]

What “insurrection”? Are you referring to the RIOT at the U.S. Capitol on 06 January 2021? The one that COULD have been avoided had Nancy Pelosi actually performed her duty as Speaker? Insuring the security of the Capitol IS the direct responsibility of the Speaker of the House. Pelosi FAILED, in spite of warnings and intelligence.

[@neilterry1726]

@@tony84. Trump is the most Nixonian president since Nixon. Shut up fool.

[@spazmonkey3815]

Nixon was really an ok guy. I saw a lecture by him when the USSR fell saying that we should help out the USSR .It was a great seemingly off the cuff lecture.

[@fasteddie9867]

This man is so graceful and diplomatic--exactly the opposite of how leftists in the media paint him.

[@indianajones4321]

I’d like to see an interview where Nixon described his feelings towards the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush. Especially since he had considered having Reagan or Bush replace Agnew, but then chose Ford. Additionally Reagan was governor of California during the Nixon administration, and Bush was Nixon’s UN ambassador for a while as well as the chair of the RNC.

[@uclajd]

Regarding your last point, some of my recent reading suggests that Nixon had a very low opinion of GHWB (who he believed was mostly an entitled silver spoon type like the Kennedys, which of course Nixon hated), and that the UN Ambassador job was to get Bush the hell out of Washington. I think I read this in The Nixon Conspiracy by Geoff Shepard, but I can't be sure.

[@indianajones4321]

@@uclajd that’s very interesting!

[@davegoren9978]

It’s amazing that Nixon, in every interview I’ve heard, speak decently about other politicians who were adversaries at one time or another. Why have things changed so much?

[@adadumitrescu412]

Is called diplomacy.

[@markstevenson6635]

In private (e.g. the White House tapes) diplomacy is less evident.

[@douglasmcginity3327]

Democrats changed. Watergate and its grandchild, now literally charging Trump with imaginary “crimes.” I think Nixon winning broke them. Turned them into something very dark.

[@danielevans9379]

It’s simply the dumbing down and coarsening of this broken culture of ours. Even with the historic mistakes Nixon made that led to Watergate leaders like him and Kennedy might as well be from a hundred years ago. Capital Hill is now filled with representatives with the emotional equivalency of 10 year olds.

[@jimarcher5255]

The greatest thing that has changed is the Democratic Party and not for the better in my opinion.

[@michaelmorgan9824]

What an interesting man! My Father worked for Mr. Nixon in the 1960 Presidential race in California.

[@eagleswings5693]

A compliment to Bobby’s integrity.

[@uclajd]

The Bobby Kennedy who oversaw the wiretapping of MLK?

[@MHB48615]

Integrity? That’s a strange word to describe ANY of the Kennedy brothers. They ALL treated women, including their wives, terribly. They picked that trait up from their father I guess. There is certainly no ‘integrity’ in that.

[@collectiveconsciousness5314]

@@uclajdThat was J. Edgar Hoover, he pretty much answered to no one.

[@collectiveconsciousness5314]

@@MHB48615That all ya got?

[@uclajd]

@@collectiveconsciousness5314 Nonsense, RFK reigned in Hoover, and JFK was the first president that Hoover didn't have a direct line to (Hoover had to go through RFK to reach the president). Hoover HATED RFK because he clipped J Edgar's wings. And because RFK dressed like a slob. It's a total whitewash of the Kennedys to suggest that RFK didn't know about and at least tacitly approve of the MLK wiretaps. And of course that means JFK was briefed on it. I just finished a 50 hour audiobook on Hoover BTW.

[@CP-012]

Nice to see that even if they were political rivals they still could respect each other and be personal friends.

[@ursulaglissmann6905]

Today, Democrat and Republican politicians are like WWE. Enemies in the ring and friends in the locker room.

[@philsarkol6443]

It is so refreshing to hear and listen to a former president who is able to tell a story be coherent and entertaining at the same time...unlike the one we have today.

[@rudivanrooijen7611]

And the one that preceded Biden.....

[@helixator3975]

Or his replacement ….. we’ve sunk so low.

[@oldfogey4679]

Phil biden tells coherent funny stories! Although his speech isn't fluent like it should be

[@JoeMamaLlama1234]

Out of the many things he said here, regardless of what he said about Bobby... Nixon talking about sports is so fun to hear. In another life he'd be an NFL coach or a commentator. Going on ESPN and the Pat McAfee show. But overall no matter what he talks about, Nixon is a criminally underrated talker and speaker. And seems the more casual than almost every president ever.

[@marilena7848]

Yes. We all know that Kennedy's movie-star charisma gained him the edge over Nixon in the TV debate. But when those who only heard the debate on radio were surveyed, Nixon absolutely trounced JFK. These little videos help us to see why. His mind is quick, his voice is rich, his manner is both serious and relaxed.

[@peggyelchert8340]

It’s true. Nixon is permitted to speak his mind & he has a lot of clear sightedness…..

[@TomWatsonB1]

Certainly enjoyed my time at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA a few weeks back. This channel inspired me to go while I was in Orange County. The more I watch Nixon, the more I understand why grandfather liked him and helped lead his campaign in Tulsa. They have very similar personalities.

Nixon didn't always handle the pressure of the presidency as well as we might have hoped, but I gather that he was a decent person underneath it all. Also an underrated president.

[@TheStockwell]

Whatever Nixon thought of RFK, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum recently gave RFK, Jr. a rapturous reception. 🤔

[@brianrajala7671]

Except for the aggressive dislike by Democrats and the Press after Watergate, Nixon would get exceptional marks as President ... and Statesman.

[@JayNAmyHiatt]

I pray that, one day, President Nixon will be acknowledged and celebrated as the amazing President that he was. They tried to destroy him. I still believe that the truth will one day come out and President Nixon's reputation will be completely restored. I believe that President Nixon knew too many of the secrets and the depth of corruption in our government so they tried to silence and discredit him. God bless Richard Nixon🙏🏻🇺🇸

[@josephschuster7181]

Nixon was a totally honest man. A very long time ago, I read Arthur M Schlesingers book on Robert Kennedy, and he said Bobby wasn’t as good a student as his older brothers. He struggled in school. His mother suggested that he read as many books as he could to self educate. Another part in the book, was when Bobby and a friend or possibly friend didn’t get first place in a sailing race and joked about it. Joseph Kennedy didn’t see the humor in it, and let Bobby know. Interesting balance between Rose and Joseph Kennedy, one was gentle while the other very stern. Bobby was a serious guy because he had to work harder than his siblings.

[@johnwinthrop2702]

Nixon is not my favorite president but he is a great story teller he would have been a great guy to talk to at a bar or have as a grandfather or uncle. Imagine the stories that this guy has!!!

[@johnwinthrop2702]

Had rip

[@UnleashthePhury]

Richard Nixon calling the NFL “the new league” is kinda wild

[@mitchellmiller9729]

Before the merger

[@UnleashthePhury]

@@mitchellmiller9729 I get it, just pointing out how old this footage is

[@josephosheavideos3992]

Actually, Nixon was referring to the American Football League, which would start operations the next year, 1960. People do not realize it today - with 14 teams in the NFL playoffs, which last five weeks - but, prior to 1966, the entire football post-season was ONE game. Instead of lasting until early February, the NFL season ended around Christmas.

[@TheReelComedian]

I believe the new league he was referring to is the now defunct AFL, lol

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

That game was played in December, 1959. JFK declared his campaign in January 1960.

[@richardsharpe2966]

Everyone call President John F Kennedy Jack

[@rickjohnson9191]

Senator I knew Jack Kennedy, he was a friend of mine. Senator you’re no Jack Kennedy I heard someone describe Bobby as the most religious and the dirtiest fighter.

[@adrianatamura6640]

That’s because Jack is a nickname for him.

[@user-bc2nr6rh1y]

Those who were close to him

[@user-cg7dg7uv8f]

Jack is a familiar term and unless you knew the man, use his proper name

[@McCarthy1776]

I love how much mutual respect Nixon and the Kennedy brothers had for each other. Republican vs Democrat but all die hard patriots and wise intelligent men.

[@abhcoat]

Funny how the politicians saw each other back then. They disagreed but didn't hate or demonize each other.

[@rexringtail471]

Can you imagine when Democrat vs Republican was Kennedy vs Nixon? Now we have Biden vs Trump. What a downfall.

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

The difference here is that, like Nixon .. the one of those two who actually achieved favorable results for the American taxpayer became the hated pariah.

[@WayneMarion]

@@BillStemil I know it must be a very long list but could you tell us about a handful of those accomplishments by Biden?

[@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr]

@@BillStemil - We see his achievements every day at the grocery store and at the gas pump.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@GodsFavoriteBassPlyrand the border

[@tomcollins5112]

There's a Kennedy in this race

[@skipcampbell4226]

Lies and deciept have filled our politics. And it seems there is no turning back. I pray some day it will get back to what it was then.

[@davidsingh6944]

My mom knew the Kennedys and had some sweet stories when we were growing up.

[@livinlegends75]

Really amazing how we as a country have changed, and not for the better. The person conducting the interview let President Nixon talk. Nixon was a very formal and spoke eloquently about other politicians. It is refreshing to see the respect he had compared to politicians today. We really have gone backwards. Sad took

[@billyshears921]

Fascinating.

[@peterkoutros8190]

Like many others have posted, President Nixon was a very interesting person.. depth of knowledge..i mean he knew so many people..the power broker's of that era. I can't think of another American politician that can match that.

[@markwilliams7091]

Love Nixon. Very personable. Very smart. One can see why he was twice elected president, notwithstanding the constant Hollywood/media smear jobs.

[@stevehicks8944]

My youngest maternal uncle was Navy Ceremonial Guard from 1969-1974. He actually got to know Nixon. He describes Nixon as scary intelligent and totally loyal to his staff and advisors. That trait was his downfall.

[@Pharoset]

One of our greatest presidents. Respected throughout the world.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

There were two Bobby's. There was the Bobby before his brother was killed. That Bobby was intense, but to the point of being insufferable because he saw the world in black and white terms and was convinced he was on the side of right. He was clannish to the point where he would punch people who said anything about his family, especially his father who he was always trying to please. He was ruthless as evidenced by the way he went after Castro and Hoffa, willing to break any rules because winning was all that mattered. And he was arrogant, a quality that earned him a lot of enemies not only with outfits like the mob but also within his own party. As Joe Kennedy put it; "Bobby is the most like me. When I hate a sonofabitch I hate him for life." People say he would have gotten the nomination in 68 after winning the California primary but I'm not so sure about that. Most of the people who mattered within the party didn't like him, especially LBJ who hated him, a guy Bobby hated back just as hard. Conventions were still dominated by backroom deals and the powers-that-be weren't just going to roll over and let him win the nomination because he was a Kennedy. They were convinced he would lose the entire South and enough Western states to cost them the election. Then there was the Bobby after his brother was killed. Who admitted: "We were more energetic than wise about a lot of things, especially Cuba, and we paid a great price for it." He was convinced he was the one who got his brother killed, by making so many enemies. He even asked about Hoffa. He asked if he was doing alright. He said he was tired of chasing bad guys. There was a distinct change and that is where he differed from his brothers. Love him or hate him, Bobby was genuine, and he would admit when he was wrong and adjust accordingly. His brothers were incapable of changing at the molecular level like RFK did. I remember my Dad, who thought JFK was a rich-man's kid, was genuinely upset when Bobby died. Perhaps because he was the most Irish of the bunch. I will say this, he was light-years ahead of his degenerate little brother. That guy...but I digress.

[@RJN8580]

I can’t even argue with your assessment. Jack Kennedy was laid back and cool. Teddy was the Irish politician like his grandfather.

[@Martive_Led]

Alice Longworth was Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter by his first wife. Her most famous quote is “if you can’t say anything nice about them, come sit by me.” The color ‘Alice blue’ is named for her use of the color on numerous occasions.

[@RichardNixonsHippieRemoval]

Good insight clips as usual RNF. Nixon Always Wins.

[@johnmcdade6318]

Interesting...That Football game is considered by many to be the Greatest Football Game ever played...It is also referenced in the movie Diner...

[@Sly88Frye]

It's really nice that Richard Nixon talk so positively about people who are from the opposing party. I do believe Richard Nixon would likely be one of the greatest presidents of all time if it wasn't for Watergate. I also think John f Kennedy would be remembered among some of the greatest ever if he wasn't assassinated Although he's remembered very fondly anyway. I'm not sure how things would go if Robert f Kennedy had become president although it would be nice if the independent candidate RFK Jr actually had a chance of winning in this year's election instead of having to choose between the lesser of two evils again between the same two guys of Biden and Trump

[@kiefermomcm-c3856]

hats off to both❤❤❤

[@AYVYN]

Nixon was far ahead of his time; took the courts a few decades to comprehend RICO, but it cleaned up our streets. He left an unjust war and led a foreign policy which viewed enemies as humans, both astonishingly modern. Even Watergate was an early form of the NSA, haha

[@ronherrera8327]

He mentioned that 1959 NFL championship. Vince Lombardi and Tom Landry were the assistant coaches on that New York Giants team.

[@ThomasBoyd-gx9wr]

Awesome. Glad you did published it. He a friend no Thomas.

[@sherifahmed2055]

Regardless of anything related to politics, he was a discent men who well fits the office of the presidency

[@bernardhutchinson4753]

It’s an amazing experience where the journalist is not try to plat the “I gotcha questions”

[@Middleclasshillbilly]

Wow at one point of my life I thought Nixon was the worst ever, after hearing him, I could see why the establishment came after him, sounds like a good man

[@user-iy6rm6pm4j]

Here we go again. RFK had bamboozled the youth into believing he was the "anti-war" candidate in 1968. But actually RFK was saying th exact same things Nixon was saying, almost word for word. Had RFK become president, his Vietnam policy would have been the same as Nixon, he would not have withdrawn troops any sooner. RFK was a hardcore Cold Warrior and a McCarthyite, as Nixon reminds us here.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

During one of the taped EXCOMM conversations during the Cuban Missile Crisis (October, 1962), Bobby Kennedy suggested a “Remember the Maine” event to create a pretext for invading Cuba. When the Operation Northwoods documents from March 1962 were declassified around 2000, it described a similar proposal among others for creating a pretext for invading Cuba and overthrowing Castro. The Kennedys were given great credit for rejecting Operation Northwoods but I wonder how much of it was the military and how much of it was just telling Bobby Kennedy what he wanted to hear to get him off their backs. Now of course, Bobby Kennedy has the reputation of a dove based on his self-serving “Thirteen Days” which was intended to be released during the 1964 campaign. I have concluded that Bobby Kennedy wanted Castro out of the picture before the 1964 election. Bobby was no dove on Vietnam until the war started to go south around 1967.

[@hippieal]

JFK he started Vietnam LBJ escalated it

[@JohnJohnson-pq4qz]

LOL...because tricky Dick says so???,,,,LFFAO

[@AndyLarson-xm7tq]

RFK said flat out get he was not going to be able to pull out right away. He was going to look for a way out just like Nixon.

[@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN]

I'm sorry, but I think you're incorrect. The Bobby Kennedy of 1954 or 1959 was not nearly the same Bobby Kennedy of 1968. He had changed dramatically in his viewpoints and his overall thinking of the world in general.

[@silverhammer7779]

"[Bobby] was a total political animal." IOW, he was a political 304 - loyal to whoever he thought he could use to advance his political ambitions, and ready to change allegiances at a moment's notice as is typical of hardcore swamp critters. Describing him as an "18th Century Jesuit priest" was not a compliment, although it can easily be mistaken for one. Nixon was a master of the art of telling someone to go to Hell in such a way that the person would look forward to the trip.

[@urvanhroboatos8044]

It was a compliment. And it was actually the 17th, not the 18th C.

[@vingotaq777]

Thanks

[@NixonFoundation]

Thank you!

[@orbyfan]

Bobby Kennedy was a friend of Toronto Argonauts' owner John Bassett, and attended a game in Toronto in 1967 as Bassett's guest. The Bassett family reported that Bobby enjoyed the game very much, especially the last play, which involved an exchange of punts into and out of the end zone, which you don't see in American football.

[@TellTheSpartans]

By all accounts RFK was a bit of a bully.

[@LawrenceFox-jx1fq]

Nixon and all Kennedy's are missed as anyone of same calibre doesn't seem to have been in power for a long time.

[@DavidCartmellDJCartmell]

He’s a Smart man. It’s a shame he’ll always be remembered for what he did with Watergate.

[@WagnerPD]

"He who is without sin... cast the 1st stone." -sum guy named Jesus

[@jonnnyren6245]

Richard Nixon is amongst my favorite Republican politicians. He had his mistakes yes but in terms of his foreign policy approach and his humanity, he's as gold as they come. And his respect of his rivals would make the MAGA boobs of today lose it and rip the hairs off their heads

[@user-mn6pm2bs3q]

Bobby's tenacity towards the wrong people got him and his brother killed.

[@Raughwe]

He liked all of them. He was closest to Jack, whom I think he really loved and respected. It’s weird today to say you should trust Nixon. However, he and Jack were friends. And ideologically, they were very close. There’s probably an Irish thing here. But Bobby was too serious for Dick. I don’t think Jack was too serious. He was all about fun, pretty much. Teddy took the Irish frivolity thing a little too far and got a little reckless. However, Teddy was most beloved.

[@dougearnest7590]

A "little reckless"?

[@UFCtrumpsboxing]

Nixon smartest Pres ever

[@sonicaffairband]

Nice to see a politician speaking with respect about another politician from an opposing party unlike the garbage we have from both parties in today’s country.

[@BansheeMilk]

Robert Reich is one of my heroes. I am also very short. I have autism and have been bullied many times in my life. I am an artist/comedian. I hold the world record for paintings of famous people eating tacos

[@markokostickox]

Speaking all best about dead,classic....

[@jonmcclenahan8379]

It seems like Nixon had expected an edit on that Alice Longworth quote... somebody should've made that edit before posting this.

[@rhondabitler5474]

I agree.

[@djmcnerney]

Yes, and Nixon was just “one of the boys,” cracking jokes and watching football… LOL!

[@louisnatale4528]

After having watched the Trump - Biden debate I realized what a great intellect President Nixon was.I support President Trump but Nixon was far more intelligent.

[@ignatiusjk]

Interesting that a high-ranking Democrat would ask a high-ranking Republican for their opinion. Can you imagine that happening today.

[@philipcheung7705]

Time does not swift……

[@PhilipShawn]

It was the TITLE game.

[@YuTbCensorship]

When did this Interview take place if I wanted to watch the whole thing ?? Who is the Interviewer??

[@RJN8580]

1983 the 20th Anniversary JFK Assassination November

[@edmcdonough4530]

A moot point I would concede, but Nixon was referring to was the ‘58 game which was in Yankee Stadium. My father was there. Forgive the man his lack of recollection of peripheral events.

[@phillippearce9680]

👍

[@okenneth187um]

The interview is great. Not trying to sound clever like today's bots

[@sammyhagger12]

Nixon ‘24

[@RileyRampant]

RMN was such an interesting person. Its tragic that he suffered from a corrosive, consuming paranoia, along w/ a certain devious streak arising from, as likely rationalization. It ruined him. He was quite certainly brilliant - and on many issues, very well disposed.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

It’s funny I used to think Nixon was the worst modern president ever. Then we got Bush and then… Nixon was an amoral SOB, but at least he understood politics and had some respect for the traditions and values of the US. Amazing that compared to modern GOP how good Nixon looks in contrast. I think he was spot on in his evaluation of RFK vs. JFK. It’s why I think RFK would have been an amazing president. He really transformed after the assassination of his brother and was that rare politician who actually cared about working and poor people. He would sit with Caesar Chavez in solidarity with striking migrant workers. No one since has been that genuinely committed to helping the people who need it most

[@robpolaris5002]

I’ve been seeing a lot of these Nixon interviews lately. He is depicted as unintelligent, selfish and a buffoon by the media. But it is clear from these interviews that wasn’t the whole story. It seems the media has for years villainized him far beyond the truth.

[@uclajd]

When you get called humorless by Nixon, maybe you're a little too dour.

[@stalker3839]

damn you hippies!i im out of ammo!

[@PhilipShawn]

Bobby Kennedy aspiring as President Diem

[@lwskiner]

Even with Nixon's flaws the man could enunciate and convey an intelligence that no longer exists in the Republican party and that is a shame.

[@PhilipShawn]

Dominator

[@WagnerPD]

NIXON NOW

[@alanaldpal950]

Lo and behold….. if you listen to these Nixon interviews you will realize he is nothing like what current Dems and the media (same thing) have portrayed him as for decades.

[@johnherlihy4739]

I am a diehard Giants fan. Bobby Kennedy has no interest in the 1959 Championship Game, just if Jack could win the 1960 California Primary! And he had the gall to ask a California Republican if Jack could win the 1960 Democratic Primary? What an insult to NY Giant fans!

[@unclerukmer]

I hope Almighty God will forgive us for how we mistreated President Nixon. We need a man of his caliber right now.

[@WagnerPD]

Yup

[@Guitarman19566]

Think he was the smartest president the US has ever had.

[@MaggieKeizai]

Bobby made JFK stop taking meth.

[@65if2007]

I think the football game that he's talking about took place in 1958 not 1959.

[@bobanderson6656]

No, it was '59 in Baltimore. It was a rematch of the year before, which was in New York.

[@65if2007]

@@bobanderson6656 I guess you're right.

[@master-kq3nw]

Bobby would be better then Nixon

[@PhilipShawn]

RFK >>> McCarthy-ite.

[@selfiekroos1777]

And thats why papa Bush killed him

[@khabbad]

How did papa bush kill him?

[@stevehicks8944]

Loosen your tim foul hat. GHWB wasn’t in the CIA until he was director in 1976. That was thirteen years AFTER JFK was assassinated.

[@PhilipShawn]

ASPIRING

[@jameshudson169]

bobby kennedy sr or jr?

[@WayneMarion]

You're joking right?

[@clays1507]

Senior

[@ravkohn1932]

One of RFK's biggest secrets will be released shortly.

[@2H2521]

His son is such a far cry from him & his brother, just a total joke. I absolutely love the respect Nixon had for his rivals though.

[@tbc9096]

Yeah heaven forbid anyone chart their own course and dare speak out against pharma and censorship. How revolting!!

[@kellyem33]

What he said, and he restored the Hudson River, a huge problem with pollution. And he sued and got NIH to admit that no quackcines were ever tested in double-blind tests…

[@2H2521]

@@tbc9096 Nah, he’s a flip flopper & part of the problem himself.

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

@@2H2521 - Each new Kennedy that is born has half the character of his predecessor. JFK > RFK > Teddy etc.

[@2H2521]

@@KevinBalch-dt8ot That’s literally so true.

[@opencurtin]

I wonder what would have happened if Joe Jr had lived !?

[@dougearnest7590]

He would have been a solid politician, but nowhere near as adored as Jack by the media and the so-called intellectual elite. Jack would have become Teddy before Teddy became Teddy - but perhaps more discrete about it. Perhaps Bobby would have had things a little better, having Joe Jr as a father figure instead of Joe Sr. Would Joe Jr have kept Teddy in line? I think Teddy had no discipline because he was the baby, and an older sibling is often better able to control him than a doting parent who knows he's the last. Then again, I'm just making all this up. I know nothing about Joe Jr.

[@daviddagostaro2337]

I remember how happy the country was when Nixon resigned. ✌️🙃✌️

[@770WT]

SOB Nixon would have lost to RFK . Nixon almost lost to Humphrey who was a weak campaigner .

[@khabbad]

Thankfully Nixon did win

[@dougearnest7590]

There's no reason to believe the media and elitists would have been less supportive of RFK than they were of Jack. They may not have adored him as much, but they certainly would have pretended they did.

[@TruRepublican]

Yes, the GOP has fallen badly with folks like MTG, Trump, Rubio, and Cruz…and there’s also Bobert, Getz, Thomas, etc.

[@rustyshackleford1114]

😂

[@bpd9660]

Trash... seriously it's become a cult of losers and idiots

[@stevehicks8944]

Guess you loved the do nothing Bushes? Sorry, I’ll take Newt and other Republicans with spines.