Noam Chomsky called him "the last liberal president." He signed the Clean Air Act and established the EPA. Not even serving one term as Senator, he used that post to step into the Executive Branch. Thankfully, it's very easy to distinguish the policies of Richard Nixon and Barack Obama, proving how much progress we liberals have made in the past 40 years. Take the simple quiz below to see why!
(BTW, the answers to the above are Nixon, Nixon, and both.)
Nixon or Obama? Which US President:
(1) Ended a land war in Asia that he'd inherited, completely withdrawing US forces?
(2) Escalated a land war in Asia that he'd inherited, in order to later draw it down?
(3) Supported the Equal Rights Amendment?
(4) Signed a nuclear arms treaty with Russia?
(5) Imposed temporary wage and price controls?
(6) Championed Keynesian economics, supporting short-term budget deficits to ameliorate unemployment?
(7) Ordered secret bombings in Asia?
(8) Supported illegal wire-tapping?
(9) Supported affirmative action?
(10) Called himself pro-choice on abortion?
(11) Supported the Space Shuttle program?
(12) Bolstered the corrupt regime of a Pakistani president?
(13) Proposed a public option similar to Medicaid?
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(1) Nixon (Vietnam). Obama (Iraq), well, we'll see.
(2) Both Nixon (Vietnam) and maybe Obama (Afghanistan).
(3) Both.
(4) Obama. Nixon signed the ABM Treaty with the Soviet Union. (Gotcha!)
(5) Nixon.
(6) Nixon ("Now I am a Keynesian.") Obama, well, we'll see.
(7) Both Nixon (Cambodia) and Obama (Pakistan).
(8) Both Nixon (Watergate) and Obama (2008 FISA Amendments).
(9) Both Nixon (Philadelphia Plan) and Obama.
(10) Both Nixon and Obama. (BTW, First Lady Pat Nixon was particularly outspoken for abortion rights.)
(11) Nixon (who started it), but not Obama (who cut all funding for it this year.)
(12) Both Nixon (Yahya Khan) and Obama (Hamid Karzai).
(13) Both.