The tapes are the real man-mean, vindictive, panicky, striking first in anticipation of being struck, trying to lift his own friable self-esteem by shoving others down. Murray Kempton said he wanted to leave no fingerprints, but he went about it in such a way as to leave his fingerprints all over his story. Nixon's real tragedy is that he never had the stature to be a tragic hero. He is the stuff of sad {almost heartbreaking} comedy.
( Garry Wills )
[ Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of ]
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