[TedDallas]

Ernie stating Nixon as its favorite president is not really surprising. This is a common opinion among those in mainland PRC. Nixon and Kissinger are perceived as good guys that helped open up China to the West. When I have asked people in the PRC about Watergate, the common response is that the Watergate break-in was an internal issue for the US to deal with.

[unnouinceput]

And was not an internal US issue? Or what are you expecting the answer to be? Should've be that was an external issue and UN should've been involved in it?