Archive for December, 2007
Past Time
Closed Published by mr.president December 28th, 2007 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, POLITICAL HUMOR The Bunning of History
Full disclosure. That’s what Hillary Clinton’s detractors demand. Endless rounds of stories about her husband’s Presidential Library, the tantalizing secrets it might hold, and endless speculation with a sprinkling of facts about who funded it.
But a bill […]
Ford, Lately
Closed Published by mr.president December 27th, 2007 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, BERLIN WALL, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL GRAVE, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, US PRESIDENTS, GERALD FORD, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, GEORGE H.W. BUSH, GEORGE W. BUSH Something Will Turn Up
Things are twice as nice at the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. Attendance doubled in the last year.
The Ford is experiencing American’s traditional “death bump” in Presidential Library visiting, as citizens recall old whats-his-name after endless coverage of their “state […]
Out of Sight
Closed Published by mr.president December 27th, 2007 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, RICHARD CHENEY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, GEORGE W. BUSHSmokin!
The National Archives official who challenged Dick Cheney’s handling of classified documents and whose office Cheney then tried to abolish is quitting. And furthering our knowledge of Cheney’s machinations as he exits.
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This Christmas, Give the Gift of Nixon!
Closed Published by mr.president December 26th, 2007 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL CHRISTMAS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, RICHARD NIXON, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, POLITICAL HUMOR In time for the holiday, an exciting new blog has launched!
Get ready for What Would Richard Nixon Do?
Here’s to the State of Richard Nixon
Closed Published by mr.president December 24th, 2007 in PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, MIKE HUCKABEE, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, RICHARD NIXON, US PRESIDENTS, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMORFace Facts
Powerline forum participant “G. Will” [because the bow-tie pulls the babes?] has nailed the real trouble with Mike Huckabee:
“Only Problem: Huckabee Looks Like Nixon!..He is a no-winner due to this sorry quirk of Nature.”
Huckabee’s not alone.
Signposts on the Nixon Trail include vegetables:
Trees: […]