[marktangotango]

A lot of easily offended Nixon supporters here it seems, judging from the downvotes...

[dfc]

I think the explanation is that the HN crowd appreciates mature discussion and could do without the derpy comments regardless of what president is punchline.

[marshray]

I believe there was a deeper point being made there about executive branch abuse of authority, it's just that many people may have missed it.