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Re:The Confessions of @dick_nixon by deckerdoes on Sunday October 18, 2015 @12:48AM (#10407256)
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. "

That goes even when it's liberal bashing against a Republican.

The OP's post should be removed or HN's moderators are ignoring the rules in favor of the US Democratic party by showing favoritism and thus reflecting negatively on the YCombinator business.

Re:The Confessions of @dick_nixon by mintplant on Sunday October 18, 2015 @03:21AM (#10407485)
It's a story about a guy who runs a Twitter account. I think you're taking this way too seriously.
Re:The Confessions of @dick_nixon by dang on Sunday October 18, 2015 @01:52PM (#10409032)
Nixon's endless fascination as an historical and literary character transcends politics.