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Article: Nixon Naysayers Take Their Turn at Eulogy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 8, 1994
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YORBA LINDA, Calif. In eulogizing his old boss last month, even
Henry A. Kissinger couldn't help note the irony: Richard M. Nixon,
the man who kept a list of "enemies" in the media, probably would
have been overwhelmed by all the good press he'd been getting after
his death.
The tributes for Nixon were many, the tones reverent. Imagery
of an indomitable warrior and an anguished soul, of reconciliation
and forgiveness were dominant themes in the media.
But the tone of public comment seems to be shifting as many
critics who had maintained a respectful silence have begun to demand
a harsher assessment of a man who never gave up reinventing himself.
For them, the plaudits had grown too ...