Why I like Ike (and Nixon)

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Nixon was Ike's VP.

I know that sorry I was not thinking on that part.But it is well known that Ike did not like Nixon very much and that would have been the reason that he refused Nixon's request also simply for obvious national security reasons which makes me doubt that Nixon would have out thought to ever mentioning the information that he had about the Soviets in a debate with Kennedy.I am sure he really got pretty pissed every time it came up.

In the end Nixon got elected twice and he did get the POWs out of North Vietnam so I am glad that he got in when he did and not in 1960.He was in at the right time and he had the bad luck of getting caught doing things that every other president before and since does to some extent.