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Henry Kissinger is still alive (and giving terrible "advice" to conservative politicians).

What do you mean by “conservative” politicians?

The first President (after Nixon era) to resuscitate Kissinger was Bill Clinton:

“Bill Clinton, embraced Kissinger, which began Kissinger’s apotheosis into his current incarnation as a bipartisan elder statesman, invoked by politicians who want to appear “serious.””

From:

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/henry-kissinger-hi...

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Obama Era

He was an advisor to Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State in the Obama administration and was instrumental in shaping policies like Honduras, Syria, Libya etc..

“The two former secretaries of state have been close for years, with Clinton calling him "a friend" and noting that she "relied on his counsel" when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.”

From: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-henry-clintons-relat...

You made a mistake and think the present party system was the same back than.

Nixon actually presented a Health Care Plan

Nixon's Words “Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good education and a good job.”

https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2015/11/the-nixon-comprehens...

Nixon was also quite racist. The War on Drugs targeted minority groups. There's a lot that could be written about all this.

By that logic and reasoning Joe Biden and his crime bill and Bill Clinton who signed it into law are much bigger and effective racists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_...

Nixon also did the government affirmative action for minorities under the Philadelphia Plan:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan

Yep. It is up to everyone to keep up the pressure on the current administration for further reforms, and to create a more fair and just society. The struggle isn't over. The struggle is never over.

> By that logic and reasoning Joe Biden and his crime bill and Bill Clinton who signed it into law are much bigger and effective racists

Well, sure.

If we go by that then so was good ol' Clinton and mr Biden.

Biden is moving in the right direction though.

So what did he do to limit police brutality?

Limit qualified immunity for rogue cops by signing into law an act of Congress?

Eliminate civil forfeiture?

Biden has two advantages, one he is not dead, two, he's in a position to show change. It's possible given the same circumstance, messrs. Clinton and Nixon would arrive at the same place.

HK is still stuck in the mindset of the cold war. He has not extricated himself from that and pretty much lives off his olive branch to China initiative. Cohen was a better resource on Russia.

I think more amusingly for this audience is his involvement with Theranos via George Schultz (who died in February).

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