Not that he was great, but the vilification of Nixon is disproportionate. It's clear where historians would place him relative to Obama, but Nixon didn't weapon

Not that he was great, but the vilification of Nixon is disproportionate. It's clear where historians would place him relative to Obama, but Nixon didn't weaponize the intelligence agencies (state assets) against a political opponent. Doctoring evidence to present to a FISA court in order to spy on a political campaign is far more corrupt than anything Nixon was ever accused of. Despite that, you're quite correct about how historians will rank presidents. Mainly that tells us about historians, but inverting the ratings is almost correct.