What Does it Take to be a Great President?

Ross Warman and Will Rowe

 

Richard Nixon

 

 

Where I Live(ed):

Mount Verson, VA

Blog: http://iamediacenter.blogspot.com

Website: Official White House Biography

 

About Me:

 

I am not a crook!

Date of Birth:

January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda, California, United States

Date of Death:

April 22, 1994 in New York City, New York, United States

Sex:

Male

Political Views:

Republican 

Religious Views:

Quaker 

Years Served as President:

1968-1974.

Wife: 

Thelma Catherine Ryan "Pat" Nixon

Children:

Tricia-1946, Julie-1948

Looking for:

A little summer lovin' ;)

Occupations:

President, Vice President, U.S Representative, Senator, Lieutenant, author

 

Interests/Hobbies:

• Playing with my dog checkers
• Spying on people
• Commie Open Season

 

Education:

• Whittier College
• Duke University

 

Favorite Books:

Atlus Shrugged, 1984, Animal Farm, Go Dog Go

 

Favorite Movies:

The Godfather, The Departed, NOT Forrest Gump, The Bourne Trilogy, Barbie Nutcracker

 

Favorite Music:

Smooth Criminal- Micheal Jackson

Riding Dirty- Chamillionare

Can't Touch This- MC Hammer

Take the Money and Run- Steve Miller Band

Taxman- The Beatles

Jailhouse Rock- Jerry Leiber

 

Friends:

• Anyone not a Communist, Democrat, Reporter, Minority
• My dog Checkers :)
• Joseph McCarthy

 

Sports :

 

Croquet, Rugby, Yoga

 

During my stint as president, the political, social and economic factors and challenges that I had to deal with (at home) included:

 

Political

• Dealt with a congress of the opposite party for the first time oin over a century
• Established the Environmental Protection Agency
• Watergate

 

Social

• Fixed Social Security benefits to rise with inflation

• Drew on support from the "Silent Majority"

• Worked on desegration

 

Economic

• Intialized "Bretton Woods" - the suspension of converting dollars into gold for international reasons
• Provided a system of income for disabled workers
• Had a laissez-faire economic policy, but had to leave room for reason due to the liberal congress.

 

 

During my stint as president, the political, social and economic factors and challenges that I had to deal with (abroad) included:

 

Political

• The Vietnam War
• Poor relationships with U.S.S.R and China (darn commies)
• Cold War

 

Social

• Helped overturn the Chilean govenment to become pro-western

• "Vietnamization"

• Sought to end Communism

 

Economic

• Improved relations with the Soviet Union allowed more trade to take place
• Improved relations with China allowed more trade to take place 

 

Looking back at my presidential career, I had to wear several "hats."  Wearing these different "hats," these were my most significant achievements and failures:

 

Commander-in-Chief

Ended Vietnam war

Chief Executive

Reached an agreement with the Soviet Union to limit the use of nuclear weapons

Chief Diplomat

Improved relations with U.S.S.R and China

Ceremonial Head of State

Portrayed the reality of Americans

Manager of the Economy

Fixed the economy by lowering inflation

Party Leader

Introduced more liberal Republican policies

National Leader

Desegregated schools in the U.S.

 

Favorite Quote About Me by a Famous Historian:

"Nixon is not a conservative Republican or a liberal Republican-he is a Nixon Republican" (Anonymous Commentator)

 

 

What I Do In My Free Time:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=cfrp&id=1275308004#wall

 

Positive Political Cartoon

 

None available at this time.

 

Negative Political Cartoon

Works Cited:

 

Cooke, Jacob E. "Washington, George." Presidents: A Reference History. Ed. Henry F. Graff. 3^rd ed. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. 1-     21. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. International Academy High School. 30 Apr. 2008 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?         p=GVRL&u=lom_inac>. 

 

"Richard Milhous Nixon."The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 4: 1994-1996. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.

Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. <http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC>

 

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