Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off? 
Hey! It’s Lyndon Johnson’s 100th birthday!
Who can resist round, and somewhat large numbers? 
The Johnson Centennial folks hope you can’t.
To the extent there is a unified theme it appears to be a version of get ‘er done-ish hymns to his domestic labors. Recent events may have made competence in execution a hot selling point, but they are conspicuously silent on Vietnam. 
Johnson is but the beginning of what we can only hope becomes known as the Centennial Century.
First up is Lincoln, technically coming back for seconds at his bicentenary in 2009. Reagan looms in 2011, and by golly maybe they’ll get him slapped on Rushmore by then. 
The Nixon Library is already marking his 95th birthday, so look out in 2013. I’ve been unable to detect any Kennedy 2017 activity, but a boy can dream.
The Source of Our Troubles 
The campaign t-shirt is not one of the higher art forms. For that matter it’s not one of the higher forms of campaigning. But they get made and worn nevertheless.
Not always, though. Past Presidential candidates may have been restrained by lack of ready access to the mills of Asia, or the knowledge that few of their supporters would look attractive in the items. But by harnessing the power of the web, some visionaries have dared to dream the dream of a William Howard Taft t-shirt. 
The Des Moines Register calls our attention to retropresident.com, source 
of this salute to an earlier, less visibly sweaty era.
Neil Swanson launched the notion.
“What if someone could have a Truman or FDR or Nixon T-shirt, just like the vintage sports shirts and hats? They didn’t have T-shirts back in the day, obviously, so why not create some?”
Lesser lights get their moment as well, although reviving Dick Gephardt’s Chrysler star logo 
isn’t likely to make anyone misty for what might have been. The best graphics are Republican –
Alf Landon 
…and Richard Nixon. 
The overall lesson is relief that most of these sorry graphics did not get wider exposure “back in the day.” And the certain knowledge that Obama’s small-town-electric-co-op looking logo 
has company in blandness.
Nixon ’08 
All I know about Richard Nixon’s exile comes from stories and pictures of the demolition of his Saddle River New Jersey house.
From that slim base of knowledge, I have to say that the photo released flogging the upcoming “Frost/Nixon” film does seem to capture the crummy dreariness of Nixon’s home, before the mold.
And Nixon wasn’t even living there when he taped the interviews.
The odd shaped rooms, 
the pointlessly complicated lighting fixtures. 
Complicating the film’s promotion for the expected 2008 release may be this site. Wait till the Nixon and Frost profiles appear and hit “click here to watch.” Enjoy the show!
In time for the holiday, an exciting new blog has launched!
Get ready for What Would Richard Nixon Do?
Face 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: 
Rock formations: 
More rocks: 
And the great state of Montana: 
The Johnson Centennial folks hope you can’t.
