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I still say Ronnie Raygun is easily far, far worse than Nixon. Probably the worst until Pedonald came along.
He had (objectively) the most criminal administration in history, when you count indictments. He set up things for Faux and hate radio. He did a lot for the cult of supply side economics. And he got away with Iran/Contra, as did Bush Senior, which sent the message to Republicans about how they will get away with future crimes.
I just don't think you can compare Nixon and Reagan and come to a conclusion which is worse. It's like the old thought experiment. "If a person who had never had an evil thought in their lives does a good deed, is it greater or less than the same deed performed by a person who had mostly committed bad deeds in their life?"
Not that either Reagan or Nixon would be a good man.
I basically view Nixon as being a thoroughly evil calculating man. The reason he created the EPA and considered progressive policies was that they furthered his political career, and he didn't care if anybody else benefitted or was harmed.
Reagan, on the other hand, I view as an emotionally driven man. He was obsessed with appearances and with winning. He was sort of like a smarter version of Trump.
Anyways, the problem is that I think Nixon the man was a far worse person than Reagan the man. And Reagan's corruption may not have been possible except for the way that Nixon's corruption paved the way, and that Nixon's downfall stoked Reagan's fears of losing.