To: hometoroost
I was around to see Nixon go on Laugh In and deliver a somber and straight faced "Sock it to me?" as a bit, about 42 years ago. That may have been the beginning of the end of politicians pretending to have any dignity. Thanks, Dick.
31 posted on
07/09/2010 7:53:59 PM PDT by
katana
(For what is an Irishman ? But a .......)
To: katana
The ‘60s launched America’s Peter-Pan Age. Nobody wants to be a grownup anymore.
37 posted on
07/09/2010 8:00:46 PM PDT by
hometoroost
(McCain is a Ron and Nancy Republican: Campaigns like Reagan, governs like Pelosi)
To: katana
Well, HST did threaten to slug a critic for panning his daughter’s performance. And you can’t say Kennedy didn’t try to drop the dignity thing with his Marilyn Monroe birthday party bash, the media just wouldn’t play along.
70 posted on
07/10/2010 2:19:07 AM PDT by
gusopol3
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