Tricky Dick
Watergate scandal figure
Tricky Dick is a disparaging nickname for Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president, suggesting he was cunning and untrustworthy.
The name originated in his early political campaigns and gained wider currency during the Watergate scandal that forced his resignation.
Tricky Dick finally got caught.
- cover-upHiding wrongdoing from public
- smoking gunIrrefutable proof of wrongdoing
- political scandalPublic official's exposed wrongdoing
- Deep ThroatAnonymous insider who exposed corruption
- Watergate1970s political crisis
Richard Nixon · impeachment · Saturday Night Massacre · Bob Woodward · executive privilege · Carl Bernstein · enemies list · Pentagon Papers · Henry Kissinger · Vietnam War · détente · Cold War politics · Republican Party · Oval Office · presidential pardon · White House tapes · expletive deleted · Pat Nixon
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Tricky DickHonest Abe
Presidential nickname suggesting integrity
Abraham Lincoln · George Washington · Jimmy Carter · straight shooter · Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tricky DickHonest Abe
Presidential nickname suggesting integrity
Abraham Lincoln · George Washington · JFK · FDR · Franklin Roosevelt
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