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Did you know Richard Nixon was probably our gooniest President? It's true! quote:Throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day, he dropped the ball. At military awards ceremonies, Nixon would drop medals and sometimes stab the recipient with the pin...a Nixon White House military aide...had to take the pins off the backs of the medals and replace them with clip-on devices... Nixon loved pomp and ceremony but he couldn’t get it quite right; his pant legs always seemed to be too short and he once ordered the White House guards dressed in uniforms that made them look like extras in a comic opera. Nixon was helpless at small talk and spilled soup on himself at state dinners. (Seeing a chance to kill two birds with one stone, he ordered the soup course eliminated and was relieved to reduce the time of the dinners to 58 minutes, measured on a stopwatch. “Real men don’t like soup,” he explained.) He was at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr and he bumped into Jackie Kennedy. He says that the service must have brought back many memories for her.  During the Watergate hearings, he was, needless to say, stressed out. He watched the movie Patton a lot to gain inspiration. At his lowest point at the end of his presidency, he considered suicide and actually called Henry Kissinger to his office in the middle of the night, extremely drunk. They prayed and cried together. Nixon didn't remember doing so the following day. His successor, Gerald Ford, also liked to hit the sauce, particularly martinis at lunch time or before meetings. When he slurred words one time in the beginning of his term, his aides actually had to tell him no more drinks at lunch. Edit: More Nixon facts, just because I enjoy them so drat much. He usually ate lunch by himself at his desk, every single day. It was mostly the same meal of rye crackers, skim milk, a canned Dole pineapple ring, and a scoop of cottage cheese. You know that picture of Nixon and Elvis Presley in the White House? According to the National Archives, it's the most requested photo of all time by far, even more than the flag being hoisted at Iwo Jima. Coheed and Camembert has a new favorite as of 17:04 on Nov 13, 2015 |
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