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Bowling with Mr. President beneath the White House
messynessychic dot com ^ | 2015

Posted on 09/18/2016 4:51:14 PM PDT by doug from upland

If you’ve ever seen The Big Lebowski, you’ll recognise this photograph of President Richard Nixon bowling, which infamously loomed over the Dudes tiki bar in the cult Coen brothers film. It is in fact a real photograph of Nixon and as I recently discovered, in 1969 the former President added his own secret one-lane bowling alley in the basement of the the White House just a few years before the Watergate scandal broke– and it’s still there today.


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Great photos and history here.
1 posted on 09/18/2016 4:51:14 PM PDT by doug from upland
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To: doug from upland

Obama had it turned into a stripper pole place for all his boys from the hood


2 posted on 09/18/2016 4:54:47 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: All

For me 2016 was The Summer of Bowling. Two local lanes had a special summer pass from May 25 through Sept 5. For $30 you could bowl three games a day. I spent $120 and bought two passes for each of establishments in Upland and Rancho Cucamonga. Most of the days of the summer I bowled 12 games. Yes, it wore be out. Over 1000 games bowled this summer.

Wearing Trump hat, people saw my name in lights on the scoreboard as Jail Hillary, Never Hillary, Lock Her Up, etc. It started discussions and I changed people’s minds.


3 posted on 09/18/2016 4:56:06 PM PDT by doug from upland (She is evil, corrupt, and brain damaged.)
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To: doug from upland

Thanks.


4 posted on 09/18/2016 4:57:02 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: doug from upland

Here is a great mocking thread of Obama, who bowled a 37 and looked like a pansy ass doing it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210516/posts


5 posted on 09/18/2016 4:57:51 PM PDT by doug from upland (She is evil, corrupt, and brain damaged.)
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To: 2001convSVT

:)


6 posted on 09/18/2016 5:00:16 PM PDT by doug from upland (She is evil, corrupt, and brain damaged.)
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To: doug from upland

“Over 1000 games bowled this summer.”

Good for you-— great exercise.

I haven’t bowled in YEARS since I was the worst bowler in the game’s history. :-)

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7 posted on 09/18/2016 5:00:55 PM PDT by Mears
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To: doug from upland

I believe Nixon laid the bowling alley over President Kennedy’s swimming pool/women’s shelter that he used for “exercise” away from Jackie. His “guests” could come in from the other direction to the pool without the her knowing.


8 posted on 09/18/2016 5:05:17 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: doug from upland

I wonder where they got the idea that it “secret”? I remember seeing photos of it at the time.


10 posted on 09/18/2016 5:09:11 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

You’re right. It was over Kennedy’s lair; I’d forgotten about that.


11 posted on 09/18/2016 5:09:47 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: doug from upland

I have a sudden urge for a Caucasian.

12 posted on 09/18/2016 5:09:47 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Of course; Kennedy stole the 1960 election from Nixon with vote fraud in WV, Chicago, and rural TX (LBJ country and cronies.)

Died in 63. Nixon beat Humphrey in 1968 election, won re-election in 1972.


13 posted on 09/18/2016 5:10:52 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: doug from upland

Great. They have a picture of Nixon comiting a foul.


14 posted on 09/18/2016 5:12:25 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I know; I had a brain fart. Already requested Admin. to remove my stupid post.


15 posted on 09/18/2016 5:13:03 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: TADSLOS

LMAO ....


16 posted on 09/18/2016 5:13:09 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: doug from upland

What was your high game?


17 posted on 09/18/2016 5:15:09 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: doug from upland

It looks like not-too-athletic Nixon, had fairly good form.


18 posted on 09/18/2016 5:17:32 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: stylin19a

?? no, the ball return is still in front of him, he’s well behind the foul line. There is a different color wood, but that’s not the foul line.


19 posted on 09/18/2016 5:20:37 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: TADSLOS

I used to dive with him and his dad in Laguna Beach, CA - only twice though. LOL - great people


20 posted on 09/18/2016 5:21:27 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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