For someone like me, Nixon, voluntarily or not, did sign in some big bills.
He created the EPA, the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water and Clean Air Acts or their predecessors, and the National Environmental Policy Act.
Maybe he didn't really like these things, but he heard the voices of the people, something far greater than you can attribute to Bush Jr.
Moreover I don't think you all entirely realize how crippling these deficits will be in a few decades.