Comment by slibhb

2 years ago

It was Nixon. The joke doesn't apply to Kissinger because he wasn't a crook.

You're right. Kissinger was way worse.

  • The whole point of the joke is that Nixon famously said "People have gotta know whether or not their president is a crook. Well I am not a crook".

    Posting a gibe that Hunter S. Thompson wrote about Nixon after Kissinger died is just stupid. At least post what he wrote about Kissinger:

    > It would be easy to forget and forgive Henry Kissinger of his crimes, just as he forgave Nixon. Yes, we could do that -- but it would be wrong. Kissinger is a slippery little devil, a world-class hustler with a thick German accent and a very keen eye for weak spots at the top of the power structure. Nixon was one of those, and Super K exploited him mercilessly, all the way to the end.

    > Kissinger made the Gang of Four complete: Agnew, Hoover, Kissinger and Nixon. A group photo of these perverts would say all we need to know about the Age of Nixon.