Sep 25, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Ben Smith recycled Alexander Burns’ reporting, but Wonkette said it best: So Barack Obama wanted to get rid of Joe Biden for the day and settled on sending him to Georgia, to say “hi” to the flood victims down there. Immediately after arriving, Joe Biden...
Sep 25, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago today, on 25 September 1969, RN welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to the White House. It was the beginning of what became a warm and close relationship. A relationship that would be tested, refined, and perfected during the Yom Kippur War in...
Sep 24, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
A face in the crowd: the “above the fold” photo from the UN Security Council meeting on The New York Times’ website this morning. First and foremost, there can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt. All religions have their...
Sep 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Taking matters into his own hands: On 23 September 1952, RN went on radio and TV to answer charges of financial impropriety. The phenomenal success of his speech assured Ike’s victory and put RN’s bench mark on the emerging medium of television. Today...
Sep 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Beginning of Fund Speech I come before you tonight as a candidate for the Vice Presidency and as a man whose honesty and — and integrity has been questioned. —Richard Nixon September 23, 1952 We all know that Richard Nixon is one of the most complex and...
Sep 22, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Jonathan Movroydis previously noted a The Los Angeles Times story quoting an Edward Kennedy yarn about the 1960 election: “And, believe me, I knew the odds. I was so certain of Jack’s victory that I placed a Las Vegas bet on it. My winnings could have...
