Archive for May, 2008
Nixonland: World of Wonder
Closed Published by mr.president May 31st, 2008 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, RICHARD NIXON, POLITICAL HUMOR, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, US PRESIDENTS, GEORGE W. BUSHLooking For A Few Good Men
Every day is Christmas as Rick Perlstein travels our great nation flogging Nixonland. His new tellings of old anecdotes unfold amidst his amazement at people’s lack of knowledge about Richard Nixon’s sordid roots.
Newest example: Perlstein being asked again and again about king of all media and 1968 Nixon […]
Extreme Makeover: White House Edition
Closed Published by mr.president May 30th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, ALL PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HOMES, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMORHome Alone
A promised summer exhibit of entries is postponed, but White House Redux contestants will be battling it out for the favor of judges until Fall.
The goal is redesigning the two hundred year old presidential mansion to reflect it’s present lofty status. There are 831 contest entries, and […]
Not The One You Take Me For
Closed Published by mr.president May 29th, 2008 in PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, PRESIDENTIAL RECREATION, PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, US PRESIDENTS, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, GEORGE W. BUSHFauxing It In
The George W. Bush Library-To-Be’s failure to secure likely website names has been the subject of speculation over future confusion. The future is now here.
The anti-Bushite at theruminationsofoldnfeeble has confused georgewbush.org with the real deal, and is suitably outraged.
“There he is. In all his finest, chest-puffing commander-in-chief regalia. […]
Middle East? Middle Everything!
Closed Published by mr.president May 29th, 2008 in AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, JOHN F. KENNEDY, US PRESIDENTS, HARRY S.TRUMAN, LYNDON JOHNSON, POLITICAL HUMORGet Me Central
Thrilling new tapes from the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library are released, showing his intense identification with Israel.
All well and good, but tales of American presidents and the plucky Jewish State are beginning to get mushy. We’ve had Harry Truman’s recognition of Israel commemorated, a hideous Kennedy memorial defaces the Jerusalem […]
Looking Presidential
Closed Published by mr.president May 28th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, HILLARY CLINTON, PRESIDENTIAL WANNABEES, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, FIRST LADIES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, POLITICAL HUMOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, PRESIDENTIAL GREATNESS, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, US PRESIDENTS, THOMAS JEFFERSONCraggy!
South Dakota’s favorite sons look down on an aspirant.