Why we liked Dick.

WHY WE LIKED DICK

It must be hard for today's young, as it wasfor me growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, to understand why Richard Nixon was so popular in his time. He had none of the qualitites we associate with "modern' leaders. He was square, empty of charisma, shy--"an introvert in an extrovert's profession,' as he said of himself--and so stiff that when Sammy Davis Jr. hugged him at the Republican National Convention in 1972 it was one of the most surprising gestures I had ever seen. No one had ever touched Nixon; he posted an electric fence between himself and everyone else, including his wife. From his earliest entry into politics, Nixon was hated intensely, and even his supporters had to forgive his awkward manner. Despite defeats that would have ended most political careers, he went on to become president and to recei...

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