What Nixon Thought About Lyndon Johnson
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Nixon was a class act in not tearing down JFK, LBJ etc to make himself look better. He actually looked better for not doing it. Modern politicians should take note.
I agree completely with all parts of your comment. In my opinion, Nixon is very underappreciated.
@@braniganblue3460 Under appreciated, indeed. He was a lot smarter than most people gave him credit for
history now shows nixon being a much better man than johnson yet even back then fake news destroyed nixon and covered for johnson,,evil
@Cadence733 You want people to lie to not hurt anyone's feelings, typical of the weak minds of today.
@@michaelhasenstein721 wow that's quite the accusation. No being charitable and gracious is not lying. It's seeking to see the best in people and give them the benefit of the doubt without being naive. Even Nixon in the video says that that was his experience of LBJ others may have been different. He can only speak for himself.
Nixon was incredibly articulate without being pompous. Warm as well.
Warm? Seriously? Read H.R. Haldeman's White House diaries. On his last day at the White House, Haldeman, a man who had spent thousands of hours in Nixon's company, notes that during his farewell interview with Nixon, it became clear that Nixon had no idea how many children Haldeman had.
@@markkozlowski3674 I read it when it came out. Haldermam had books to sell. The tapes demonstrate that Nixon called him and said he lived Haldermam and "loved him like a brother.".
No. Nixon was not warm. I'm not saying that's a fault, but show me anyone who spent any significant amount of time with him that used that description.
Cold and aloof are not unknown terms used for Nixon by those who knew him well.
@@jeffreyreid I was addressing more his style of conversation.
Boy have you been drinking the Nixon Cool Aid!
I love listening to Nixon speak. I could listen all day.
I agree.
Me too. Nixon is simply the best when being interviewed about any subject!
The Watergate tapes are online courtesy of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
Amen!
Same here! Intelligent, articulate, thoughts always on target, deep voice, and so on. He is simply mesmerizing to me. Despite his failings, he was a wonderful president, in foreign and domestic ploicy and his command of the issues, but the Dems hated him and through him out.
That’s why LBJ died of a heart attack at 64. He looked like he was 80.
It didn't help that, having won the election of 1964 by a landslide, his term was so disastrous he chose not to run for reelection in 1968.
Teddy Roosevelt is another POTUS who aged prematurely and died of a coronary condition. He was only 60.
The booze and cigarettes did him in along with the stress of Vietnam.
@@TomCat05tHaving won what election? He became President after Kennedy was assassinated.
@@bobanderson6656
We never should have been in that war
Nixon seemed very gracious towards his political opponents. LBJ was actually a bully, often times crude, and had a Machiavellian streak when it came to dealing with his political opponents.
He was not as nice as Nixon says he was. But then did you ever trust Tricky Dickie
Well he’s also the dude that dragged America into the quagmire that was the Vietnam war
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@@_Fulgur_And created the modern day welfare plantation.
I agree and would add that he was also like that with his own party. By 1968 his personal style should be included among the things that had made him a tough sell in the Democratic primaries. He wisely bowed out early.
I admire how Nixon always talks about the good side of his political opponents. Cant find that nowadays.
Reject trump
Listen to the Watergate tapes. They are online at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.
@@gregtennessee8249 Trump is not as articulate as Nixon but was a wonderful president. Biden is even less articulate than Trump and is a God aweful president in every way imagineable! I think the choice is clear.
@@gregtennessee8249TDS rears its ugly head. It is ironically hilarious how all conversations lead to Trump among the indoctrinated
@@gregtennessee8249Wrong person, wrong century doofus.
Gracious to a fault. Nixon the intellectual gentlemen.
Gracious by contradiction ? "He was ruthless... but he had a big heart"
Heart had nothing to do with it. He was, despite the Watergate faux pas, pretty intelligent.
The crooked president
Gentleman? Listen to the Watergate tapes. They are online at the Miller Center of the University of Virginia. They prove that Nixon was something less than a gentleman.
He kept me out of Vietnam.
Nixon sounds so analytical and poetic what an intelligent man.
He was always like that. They said one of the reasons he lost to Kennedy was mainly because Kennedy was younger and charming. But their debate the lights were hot and it made him look sweaty. They said the polls favor nixon but after the debates , everything changed, also Kennedy and Nixon debates was the first Televised Debates. Which changed dramatically how americans voted. Looks and apperance was on the ballot from that day on forward and hasnt came down since.
Nixon was a great intellect who was uncomfortable with people. Many consider him the most intelligent of US Presidents. He carried much resentment from his poor childhood to missing his chance to a scolarship at Harvard because his brother developed TB. His desire for wealth, popularity and a place in history ruined him.
Lyndon Johnson actually was a crook.
the worst one since Truman. 😏👆
Him and Bush Sr betrayed Kennedy
He was pure evil
Yep!
What absolute twaddle
My God, I just finished Roger Stone's book on LBJ and it knocked me back on my heels. Mr. Stone was a very young man when he became part of RMN's inner circle and related more than a few jaw dropping bombshells regarding LBJ. Chief among them was Richard Nixon saying (in an open moment, over drinks) that both he and Johnson very much wanted to be President. The difference being that Johnson was willing to "kill for it" - and he, Nixon, was not.
@rivaridge7211 and lbj did help kell for it.
Johnson was a very crude, boorish man. Devious as all hell. The type that would sell their mother's soul for power.
You think!
Fascinating how observant this man was. Whenever he talks about people he comes with deep insights.
He was a smart man, smarter than any of the Kennedy brothers.
That is why he could deal with the likes of Khruschev and other world leaders unlike today.
Watching these videos I realize Nixon was indeed charming and a great story teller.
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I was a kid in California when Nixon was in office. Politics and controversy Aside, I did like his use of vocabulary in interviews like this. Good vocabulary is getting rare, especially in public office.
History will revalue Nixon.
Yep! In a very positive light.
All good said Nixon was good not truth about he has to resigned because he knew is going to found guilty in his own impeachment for the Watergate scandal
I believe and hope so.
In my opinion President Richard Milhouse Nixon is one of our greatest Presidents!!! Hands down!!! I could listen to President Nixon all day a very smart intelligent man!!!! One of our best politicians of all time this country and world could use a man like President Nixon now running our country!
I concur…
Agreed!
President Nixon confirms at 0:55 what I have believed for more than 50 years. Lyndon Baines Johnson was the greatest legislator of the 20th century.
@@frederickrapp5396And the damage of that legislation is insurmountable to this day. The very worst president, ever (Johnson).
He certainly understood that deposing leaders of countries in the Middle East was to be avoided and more likely to be a recipe for disaster (as has proved to be the case in Iraq, Libya etc.)
This is very revealing. Nixon does himself great credit here, and it seems that he was a naturally polite and generous person. In truth, L.B.J. was a nasty piece of work who would do almost anything for power. The flawed character that many commentators attributed to Nixon was far closer to the personality of L.B.J. Robert Caro paints a masterly portrait of a horrible man. Of course, Nixon was lucky enough to be in a different political party to L.B.J., so he probably only observed him from afar. That being said, Goldwater certainly saw through the false joviality of L.B.J. He correctly recognised him as loathsome long before the 1964 election.
I can see now why LBJ rubbed Goldwater the wrong way. Two entirely different personalities.
Have you seen this clip where Nixon referenced Caro's book? Gold.
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@@bobanderson6656LBJ was an absolute monster.
@@jimmycricket5366 but BOTH Nixon and JFK said he was a "master of Congress who could get things done."
@@jimmycricket5366Don't forget about mobster and conspirator. Might aswell throw in Bigot for good measure too...Up until about 8 years ago there were some revealing youtube videos with the ninja word he liked throwing around. They scrubbed that one good...However, you can still hear "Lbj orders pants"...
I've been watching these Nixon posts for a bit now, and, one thing I've noticed, is that he rarely, if ever, says anything bad about other people. My appreciation of him has grown quite a bit since I've been watching these.
Listen to the Watergate tapes. They are online at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia. Nixon was a thug.
Nixon was one of our best presidents. The swamp didn’t like him.
That's why they sent The Plumbers out to set him up.
Check out “the Chennault Affair”. Nixon sabotaged peace talks with Vietnam so that he’d get elected. Reagan did the same type of thing with Iran and the hostages. Never was a Nixon fan but in retrospect I have thought more of him for the good choices he made overall.
The plumbers were his own creation, and did their shenanigans at his command, or on orders from Kissinger, Haldeman, Colson, and others. Nixon was one of the creatures of the swamp. I read one of his books in college, and no one denies that he was smart, especially in foreign policy. But he was paranoid and spiteful. Held a grudge...just like LBJ. Won a landslide victory in 72 against anti-war Sen. McGovern, and resign 18 months later in disgrace. That says it all. He would look upon Trump as a buffoon, and rightfully so.
@@bradfordeaton6558 Seriously? Seriously?
Exactly right. Those who through his out were morally and politically worse than he was in every respect. And they're trying to do the same with Donald Trump. Hopefully, they won't succeed
Nixon was quite the gentleman when he gave interviews. Very insightful and gracious with his perspectives!
I respect the fact that Nixon was just giving his personal assessment of Johnson, and not trying to speak for others.
Nixon was a class act describing his political rivals..you dont see that anymore
My favorite photo is 5’4” LtGen Brute Krulak USMC 1st MarDiv pointing and telling 6’4” LBJ he and MacNamara were making a mess in Vietnam
What a great President Nixon was
Linguaggio chiaro, preciso, puntuale, eloquente, rispettoso e incisivo.
I think Nixon was being generous with his kind words.
I would of loved to have had dinner with Richard Nixon. What an interesting person - my favorite President to learn about.....
Nixon left out LBJ's liberal use of the N-word and how he would have them voting Democrat for the next 200 years by passing the Republican civil rights law. LBJ was a political genius and monster at the same time.
Or trumps liberal pathological lies,Big Lies and conspiracy theories.
@gregtennessee8249: You do realize, your TDS makes you the comic relief, right?
Quick, come back with something about me and Trump...so predictable 🤣🤣🤣
@@wtsane5449 Yet you are showing symptoms of something far worse: HODS (Hillary-Obama Derangement Syndrome). Symptoms were first reported in the very early 1990s and have only worsened since then ...
@@wtsane5449 watch, she's gonna call you a far right wing insurrectionist racist bigot 🤣
but how did he do it and would it be effective nowadays
His insights about the characters of men are profound. He thought quite a bit about other people. Today, politicians magnify themselves, leaving little room for insecurity and the quiet observations of the people that surround them.
With how active this channel is, sometimes I think Nixon is still alive
LBJ was as heavy as a scumbag gets for his height, and that's the nicest thing I'll ever say about him. Nixon was for real.
LBJ was a CIA studge
I had issues with Nixon too, but lbj will always be one of the worst p.o.s. ever to be president.
Lbj did deep and lasting damage to this country.
Yep!
The things people say about Nixon out of ignorance, thinking they know something when they clearly don't. 🙄
That just shows how honourable a man President Nixon was. Didn't denigrate a previous President no matter that Johnson was an absolutely horrible disgusting person.
... And that's an understatement!!!
Lol. You forget watergate?
Lol. U forget watergate?
@@tbessy1963 Watergate has been proven to have been overblown and not much more than a smear campaign.
@@tbessy1963 I think Watergate was a little more complex than we have realized. Perhaps we have been cultivated to have certain ideas about Nixon and Watergate. Perhaps it's time for us to reevaluate our indoctrination.
Nixon was being diplomatic.
Lyndon Johnson had blood on his hands,
A tremendous amount of blood on his hands ... What a dirty prick
Kudos to Nixon for being respectful.
LBJ was crooked as a stick and known low-life.
LBJ was a crook
Are you really commenting this on a video of Nixon being interviewed…
@@owentillthey both were. Along with many other presidents.
@@owentillCheck out “Forgotten History” and its review of LBJ’s nefarious actions. If you’re not convinced he was an evil man there’s something wrong with you.
@@someonethatwatchesyoutube2953 I know what he did, I’m not saying Lyndon B. Johnson wasn’t a crook, but to omit Nixon from the same sentence when the topic is literally “Nixon and Lyndon Johnson” is an obvious whitewashing in favour of the former.
I think calling him an evil man is a bit hyperbolic considering his legislative accomplishments - which helped and continues to help millions of Americans. Stalin was an evil man. LBJ? Maybe an a**hole, a bully etc but an evil man? No.
It was refreshing to see political opponents have high regard and respect for each other. Too bad those days are gone.
This is the nicest description of Lyndon Johnson I have ever heard. I believe it to be totally false.
Johnson never got up in Nixon's face or otherwise attempted to intimidate Nixon, cause Johnson knew Nixon would tap his lights out.
President Johnson may have thought instead of the intimidation, make a deal with RN. Come to an agreement. Because you never know when you may need a friend.
You may prefer Nixon but come on..LBJ would win that comfortably
You’d make an awful historian with conclusions like that. One of the dumbest things I’ve read in years
Johnson knew it wouldn't work. Nixon was VP when LBJ was Senate Majority Leader. Lyndon used the Johnson Treatment on others when he wanted votes to get legislation passed. He was a political genius.
If any lights were getting tapped out by anyone it was Johnson tapping some lights on the permanent type of basis. Nixon was smart enough to know that Johnson was like a child he liked his ego stroked , the only thing Johnson ever achieved was getting as many women on welfare as possible.
One of LBj’s most momentous quotes was “We’ll have those Ns votin’ Democrat for the next two hundard years.” That is who LBJ actually was…a hick who was a huge embarrassment to Texas.
But he also said "We lost South for the next fifty years", and he was absolutely right about that. Votes of AAs can not compensate the South.
I disagree, LBJ was the personification of Texas, he was loud, obnoxious, overbearing and a never-ending inferiority complex. Texas is Alabama with Oil.
@@tw5139 I agree, Texas has an abundance of redneck types, but equally as damaging is the Leftist element arriving here from other states, who want to recreate the miserable life they had “back home”.
LBJ is a bit of a mystery. A lot of historians have written about him, but I don’t know if any of them really understood him. Interesting guy, but I really wish he had not become president in 1963. He had many strengths and talents, but he did more than anyone else to F this country up for years.
Absolutely. To include spearheading the Warren commission. The man with the most to gain was never investigated. We are where we are today because a new form of govt. was instituted back in 63. Spearheaded by Lyndon Baines Johnson. Look at the parallels of the most recent event and the chicanery of the 48 election conducted by"Landslide Lyndon." Old Trick, new methods.
I know a thing or two about him.
He was in over his head. He was a leader. He wasn't as smart as he thought he was. He's the one that got us into Vietnam, then screwed it up because he insisted on being the commander. It's like anything else. If you want to be a good surgeon, study for years. Good carpenter, do it for years. Good stock trader, do it for years. If you want to conduct a war, use the people that have years of experience. Dunning Kruger effect. A lot of lives were lost because of him. There's also no doubt he was a racist. He single handedly stopped the Civil Rights Act from going through under Eisenhower. Eisenhower, the guy that sent in the army into Jim Crowe democrat south. Johnson was deep into being a racist. What he said when he signed the Civil Rights Act was - "I'll have those N-words voting for democrats for 100 years." Really, you can look that up. Yet they vote for democrats anyway.
There's a reason why he was only a one-term President. He knew he couldn't get re-elected. I have to give him credit. He had enough brains to know to get out. Joe Biden doesn't. Worst of the worst.
Very interesting. Nixon was actually an interesting and intelligent man but had some personality quirks. Hearing him in this conversation gives me the respect for him that I never had before. Thanks for posting this video. He is far superior to the politicians we have today and I could never have imagined thinking or saying this 50 years ago when he resigned.
"Ruthless" is the exact description of LBJ that I, as a Texan, would use.
Nixon makes for a great interview. Knew everyone and seen it all, and keen observer of the post-war world.
He is complimenting Johnson, it's very clear from his body language he held a different view of him
LBJ bugged out of Vietnam. He stirred all that shht up and then as Commander In Chief he left! What a disgrace!
Yep! In my opinion, one of the main reasons JFK was assassinated was his intent of pulling out of Vietnam.
Lyndon Johnson was almost certainly a ruthless killer. An evil predator that placates its victims with an avuncular smile, just before it carries them off with its sinewy talons.
Many say he had a role in having JFK taken out.
Johnson used to make his aides take notes while he was taking a dump😂
Trump Arrested on RICO and Racketeering Charges
This channel helps flesh out the man, usually in his own words.
Modern politicians seem to use every opportunity to excoriate their opponents
@saxon6 This is after his career in politics. While in office, or seeking office, he was a very nasty campaigner. In office, while his admin did some very good things and so did his foreign policy, he seemed very corrupt. An example is shaking down ITT with an antitrust suit and then ordering the suit to stop after ITT promises to sponsor his convention. As Nixon said on tape, "its all routine."
The respect is so real, because it's not overblown. It's like one prizefighter appreciating another.
It’s a shame that Nixon didn’t take the opportunity to set the record straight about LBJ involvement in the Kennedy assassination since we all know he had a big hand in it
Why would he he was involved too lol
LBJ probably knew he was being designated to take Kennedy's place, but hard to believe he had an actual hand in the assassination, even indirectly so. Why? When all required of him was to pack his bags
I enjoy these clips very much. They're very insightful.
For whatever reason, I've gone down a rabbit hole of watching Nixon videos and I have to say I never realized how charming and intelligent he was (I was born in '67, so I was a very young kid during his administration). I now see why he was so popular and won his '72 election so overwhelmingly.
In listening to Nixon it confirms my opinion that he was the smartest of all the modern Presidents. No one before or after can touch his intellect, NO ONE.
Johnson would get briefings while sitting on the toilet and yell "I CAN'T HEAR YOU COME IN HERE".
I remember Bobby the K calling him "an animal in many ways."
The "Johnson Treatment" when negotiating legislative deals to the finish line was legendary!!!!!
Nixon was always able to say this president was the best politician and that president was the bravest and the other was the smartest... but I think Nixon was the best at employing all the different skills to lead in a way that was best for the country.
Sounds like LBJ was possibly a sociopath
There are more sociopaths in Government service than you can shake a stick at.
Love Nixon’s insights into politics & political people!
He got a lot done by threatening people physically and with retribution for not doing what he wanted when he wanted. (He insured Texas was "won in 1960, while JFK's effort won Chicago-Illinois".)
It was LBJ who played a major role in the lie of the second attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. His Dem pals in the Congress did what he wanted and forced the Resolution through with minimal discussion. He bragged about how good they did stating "It was like grandma's nightshirt, It covered everything". That was the final straw to get us into Nam.
...January 22, 1973...was one the happiest days of my life...
Was that the day you lost your virginity?
@@jamesalexander3530 Hilarious...It was the day LBJ died...within a week, on Jan/27/73, they ended the draft...
Mine to I got out of the army that day, you also?
LBJ was a bully, lackeys and bullies just like today
Nearing my eighth decade, I still admire and believe historians will eventually determine RMN was the most astute, analytical President since Lincoln. I believe Nixon and Eisenhower were the best two presidents of the 20th Century. I toss a coin between these two men to include HST there also.
He was a tough guy. And smart. I wish there leaders like him today !
A true political animal and the last one of his kind in the latter half of the 20th Century.
LBJ was also fabulously wealthy via Lady Bird's radio and tv stations. Ownership kept in her name. Friendly deals. Lots to delve into.
Yeah, people would buy expensive adverts that were never aired! Ladybird owned a 'laundromat'.
Amazing perspective from a great President.
Sharp suit 👍💯
Nixon was an American first.
so informative
Great video thank you!!!
I miss the Presidents we had from that era...respect worthy..they carried themselves well...great orators all of them...Nixon was a colourful character. A likeable rogue articulate even when he was lying through his teeth..they all were..America was great and prosperous then. Look at us now
What a great channel!
There is one thing you can all agree about Nixon, the man understood politics and people. So did LBJ. Vietnam was a quagmire for LBJ. RIP.
Unique individual Richard Milhous Nixon ! Statesman
Fascinating insight!
"Here comes the Nix!!!!" ✌️ ✌️
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Compared to Obama and Biden these Presidents were pure golden.
With the exception of Reagan and Bush I, it has been very much downhill since Nixon. History will be kind to this man and show him to be the best post-WWII President. But for Watergate, the US might have had Republican Presidents ever since Nixon. Without the Clinton Presidencies we would not have had Bush II. Without Bush II we would not have had Obama etc.
Forgot trump
He’s fun to listen to.
The master speaks. Listen and you will learn.
LBJ was a jackal.
Funny Story: LBJ paid a visit to the White House shortly after Nixon became president. He was appalled by the fact that Nixon had a phone on his Oval Office desk which had just three direct dial buttons. (LBJ had a phone apparatus with more than fifty buttons.) You wouldn't believe it, Johnson said to a friend, "The guy has a phone with three buttons to the three Krauts!" He meant Haldeman, Erlichman, and Kissinger.
Funny!
Nixon was a class act. I would NOT be able to say more than 1 kind word about LBJ!
Pretty cool interview!
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Johnson had jfk assisted in 1963
What did he assist with?
@@somewhatcurious3085 I think Nixon grasped it and then used it as leverage for concessions and getting starting arms limitations passed after opening Sino American relations
@@khabbad He assisted JFK to the morgue.
Assisted in what endeavor?
Yes you do know, Nixon, ever the Politician.
President Nixon used the word ruthless a few times in describing LBJ. It is said by those close to Nixon that he absolutely believed until his death that LBJ had a large hand in JFK's assassination.
I was raised to like Richard Nixon and I do like who he was but I think he was be maybe a little to gracious when speaking about LBJ here; of course at that time it was not commonly admitted that LBJ was involved in the execution of John Kennedy (whom I've studied maybe more than some and did not like). LBJ was not a nice person and it is always good to speak the truth or at least say nothing. Kennedy and LBJ were more alike than Nixon to either. The media always hated Nixon for exposing Alger Hess.
The press hated Nixon because of the "checkers speech" he gave in 1952. It was a masterful performance and the press hated him for it.
LBJ left our pilots to rot in North Vietnam.. .
Hearing Nixon interviewed with his responses….its always the same with me, I see and hear an intelligent man who gave a shit and truly had things he wanted to get done. It’s not a flashy show or attention seeking. It’s honest answers, and respect for others. To think what he was brought down for in comparison to today’s Government….jeez. We let a good one go folks, and we are worse for it.
I loved Richard Nixon.
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0:22 alcohol tolerance is quite something
President Nixon being a sport.
Someone needs to go back in time and help Nixon win and keep trump in white house
Trump needs to be spelunking in the bottom of an outhouse. Nixon had his personality quirks but Trump is a malignant narcissist. Nixon was tenfold anything Trump could dream of.
He won, you goof. And no, we don't need Trump back.
They're all buddies, puppet pals.
LBJ and JFK weren't buddies.
They are not puppets Nixon and Johnson were completely different. 46 is the puppet.
LBJ and JFK weren't buddies.
@@joycepino5346 They play both sides, they are both sides.
00:50 - an era when politicians knew when it was time to retire from public office, instead of persisting into their 70s, 80s and 90s.