because of his dirty campaign practices
Helen Gahagan Douglas gave him this nick name during the 1950 U.S. Senate race in California, in reference to Nixon's alleged use of dirty tricks during the campaign, mixed with a common nickname for Richard; Dick, hence "Tricky Dick".
He associated his political rivals with Communism (APEX)
The nickname Tricky Dick was used to indicate our distrust for Nixon. Given that he eventually resigned from the Presidency in disgrace, it would seem that our distrust was justified.
He associated his political rivals with communism
He associated his political rivals with Communism
Richard trickey dick Nixon one of our presidents President Richard M. Nixon Richard NixonThat's "Tricky Dick". It refers to President Richard Nixon.
The reason why critics of Richard Nixon gave him the nickname tricky dick was because of his dirty campaign practices. He was given this nickname in the 50s.
The nickname given to Richard Nixon by the press in the 1950s was Tricky Dick.
Actually Nixon had quite a few... Rich, Richie, Rick, Ricky, Dick, Dickie . I think the name you are looking for was "tricky dick" a name given him by the press corps during the watergate scandal.
" Tricky Dick" was his nick name
Tricky Dick
Many called Richard Nixon "Tricky Dick". He was given the name because he ran a smear campaign in 1950 against Helen Douglas.
"Tricky Dick"
If you mean Richard Nixon, he was sometimes referred to as Tricky Dick.
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Richard Nixon because many people call him Tricky Dick as well so I assumed he was tricky so he is probably The Trickster.
Tricky Dick was his most common nick name. But he did have a strong penchant for deploying B52s over North Vietnam whenever he wanted to make a point. GIs on the ground may have coined that "mad bomber" phrase.