Live Blog: Democrats begin festivities Aug 26, 2008
" And he said that all too often, we accept the distance between the two, and settle for the world as it is even when it doesn't reflect our values and aspirations. But he reminded us that we know what our world should look like. We know what fairness and justice and opportunity look like. And he urged us to believe in ourselves to find the strength within ourselves to strive for the world as it should be. And isn't that the great American story? It's the story of men and women gathered in... (Florida Today)
Does the VP matter? Aug 26, 2008
Wasn t Robert Bork the waterboy for Nixon in carrying out Richard Nixon s order to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox after Elliot Richardson refused ... We could add to that the VPs who later were elected President: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, Richard Nixon, and George H. W. Bush (and almost Al Gore). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Pew Finds Media Credibility Plummets to All-Time Lows Aug 26, 2008
TODD: -like Reagan, Alan Simpson, Barry Goldwater, these guys didn't talk, Richard Nixon, these guys didn't talk about their faith in public. It's just not what they did. (MediaResearch.org)
Conventional wisdom: Finding inspiration Aug 25, 2008
So did Richard Nixon. I came of age during the early 1970s, when Nixon was president, says Reed, 53, with a wry smile. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
The Daily Show in Denver is Cant Miss Aug 25, 2008
It includes profiles on Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Carter and Bush Sr. Maybe out of all that you can gain a new appreciation for the office itself. Maybe. (MSNBC -- News)
Rebecca Hall chats about being Vicky in 'Barcelona' Aug 25, 2008
Hall, 26, will next be seen this winter in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon, the retelling of the post-Watergate interviews between British host David Frost and beleaguered former president Richard Nixon. But right now, she has Spain on the brain. (USA Today -- Life)
Let the Games withdrawal begin Aug 24, 2008
John Adams's opera "Nixon in China" tells the story of another international spectacle, the 1972 visit of President Richard Nixon to Beijing. Premiered in 1987 by the Houston Grand Opera, the work is considered one of the most important minimalist compositions of the 20th century. (Boston Globe)
BESTSELLER: WATCHMEN Aug 24, 2008
First published as a series of comics in 1986-87, it's the story of a group of conflicted vigilantes in an alternate universe where the US won the Vietnam War because of a blue-skinned nuclear-powered superhero named Dr. Manhattan and Richard Nixon is serving his fifth term as president. If you thought "The Dark Knight" was dour, spend a little time with the homeless antihero Rorschach, whose only resemblance to conventional heroes such as Superman and Batman is his unwavering sense of morality. (New York Post -- Opinions)
* PRC, Russia and double standards Aug 24, 2008
Taiwans democracy and independence are not a matter of principle for the US; Taiwan is a pawn, a bargaining chip that Washington has used in the game of Russian containment started by Kissinger and US president Richard Nixon. Putin sees through this and is not afraid to challenge it. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lincoln: Biden brings 'excitement' to ticket Aug 24, 2008
Arkansas voters have correctly picked every president since favoring Richard Nixon in 1972. Lincoln said that while the Delaware senator, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, understands the role the U.S. plays on the international stage, he also does not forget the needs of hardworking Americans. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
The Plagiarism Ticket: From Whom Will They Take Their Mottos? Aug 24, 2008
When Barack Obama was born, Richard Nixon was on TV talking about a second term in office. When Joe Biden was born, nobody even had a TV.. (Human Events Online)
Barrie Dunsmore: Moving toward Cold War II Aug 24, 2008
Rather it is symptomatic of what has become increasingly evident in recent years the new Russia is no longer, as it was with the disintegration of communism and the Soviet Empire, a "pitiful, helpless giant" (a phrase actually used by Richard Nixon in 1970 to describe how the United States would be seen, if it failed to achieve victory in Vietnam). Buoyed by revenues from the huge spike in oil prices, Russia has become an assertive authoritarian state, perhaps more akin to its czarist than its... (Rutland Herald)
TRENTONIAN EDITORIAL: Unions' hack role Aug 24, 2008
McGovern has liberal credentials that few in the Democratic Party can match - as certified by his blowout loss in the 1972 presidential election to Richard Nixon, by a score of 520-17 (electoral votes, that is). McGovern was among the first in his native South Dakota to enlist in the leftward-lurching Progressive Party. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Nobody's yes man Aug 24, 2008
At first glance, the anointment of the 65-year-old Biden, who was first elected to the Senate from Delaware when Richard Nixon was in the White House and Obama himself was 11 years old, represents the triumph of experience over hope. But it also underscores that Obama meant it when he said a few days ago in a TV interview that he wanted a vice president "who is going to be able to challenge my thinking and not simply be a yes person when it comes to policymaking.". (Salon)
Dateline Moscow: meditations of a Cold War journalist Aug 23, 2008
Here is a person who grew up speaking French in a half-American, half-Russian family, breezed through Harvard, and covered the ouster of Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Union, the fall of Richard Nixon in the United States, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He himself was a pawn of international politics in the closing years of the US-Soviet confrontation. (Boston Globe)
As the Arctic Thaws, Legal Interest Heats Up Aug 23, 2008
One of those speakers is John Norton Moore, professor of law and director of the , who was U.S. ambassador for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. The Convention was signed by more than 155 sovereign states several decades ago and governs rights to the oceans. (Law.com)
Convention's TV producers hoping for heavy coverage Aug 23, 2008
The 1972 Republican National Convention, where a script was released showing how every minute was programmed in the nomination of Richard Nixon, worked perfectly, said Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. Since then, he said, both parties have tried to make all conventions run as smoothly as rehearsed TV specials. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
AMERICAN THOUGHTS: Lessons of the 2008 Summer Olympics Aug 23, 2008
(Kissinger had been a participant in the policies of Richard Nixon, the president with the great foresight to recognize China as a nation with substantial future significance on the world scene. The confidential associations of these great American statesmen and their Chinese counterparts likely touched upon topics more important than the floor exercises of the gymnasts, and rightly were not shared with the press. (Hingham Journal, MA)
The top 10 films about campaigns Aug 23, 2008
Robertson's espouses right-wing views like Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy. The former president, whose endorsement both candidates seek, is meant to be Harry Truman. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
* Billionaires call on US to target debt at film debut Aug 23, 2008
It is backed by Peterson X who cofounded the Blackstone Group LP private equity firm and served as commerce secretary under late president Richard Nixon X and is part of his foundations campaign to give the ballooning debt a central role in the presidential campaign. What concerns me more than anything is our savings rate, Peterson said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Searching for the Real Unifier Aug 23, 2008
As an example, Jimmy Carter was more honest than Richard Nixon. While thats probably true, its also true that Carter followed Ford, not Nixon. (Townhall.com)
My golden memories of Olympics Aug 23, 2008
Remember when it wasn't just "China," but "Red China?" Remember 1972 when President Richard Nixon went to Red China and what a big deal that was. I don't even remember why he went because I was only 6, but I remember how important it was at the time. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Acceptance Speeches Can Actually Matter Aug 22, 2008
In the summer of 1976, Gerald Ford, who had assumed the presidency upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, was nearly thirty percentage points behind Jimmy Carter in many polls. He was not a great speaker; nor was he known for his quick wit. (Townhall.com)
The Lady Dithered Aug 22, 2008
She's the greatest polarizer since Richard Nixon. Her defenders are fierce, her detractors ferocious. (Townhall.com)
The 'Watchmen' war: Fanboys furious with Fox Aug 21, 2008
"Dr. Manhattan had disrupted the mutually assured destruction doctrine by possessing the power to neutralize most of the Russian nukes in mid-air. With this trump card in hand, America has enjoyed a distinct strategic advantage, allowing it to defeat the Soviet Union in a series of proxy wars, including victory in Vietnam. Richard Nixon used this success and, unmarred by Watergate (in a flashback, the Comedian alludes to having assassinated Woodward and Bernstein), encouraged a repeal of the... (Entertainment Weekly)
Hua Guofeng, successor to Chairman Mao, dies Aug 21, 2008
In 1972 Mao was forced to counter the threat from the north by welcoming President Richard Nixon to Beijing, and distantly embracing the country he had denigrated as a paper tiger. Since then, the ill health of Premier Zhou Enlai, ultimately loyal to Mao though no friend of the radicals, had raised the stakes in Beijing. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Editor's Mailbag (Aug. 18) Aug 21, 2008
john lovejoy wrote on Aug 20, 2008 10:32 AM:" beaver205, yes, maybe JFK would have pulled out the "advisors," who really were participaing in actual combat. Maybe he would not have. Also, if JFK had not been killed, he might have died in office anyway, because he was sick with Addison's disease. But, had he lived nad been elected to a second term, that might have prevented the ascension of Richard Nixon. Perhaps Bobby Kennedy might have won the presidency, Who knows? Too many variables. ". Bill... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Taliban sabre-rattling Aug 21, 2008
His successor, Richard Nixon, went to China and soon implemented "peace with honour," which rationalized defeat. How does that relate to the Taliban. (Toronto Sun)
What we want in a Vice President Aug 21, 2008
Advertisement Last updated Thursday, Aug 21, 2008 - 05:34:55 am MST Sierra Vista, Arizona. Published on Thursday, August 21, 2008. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Presidential-level relatives can be embarrassing Aug 21, 2008
Richard Nixon had his brother, Donald, who took a $205,000 loan from reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to finance a chain of drive-ins serving Nixon Burgers. The chain quickly went bankrupt. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Marriage vows immaterial to oath of office Aug 21, 2008
He also owns the lowest approval rating of anyone since Richard Nixon, and is likely to be judged by history as one of the worst presidents. Bill Clinton was unfaithful to his wife yet presided over eight years of peace, prosperity, and balanced budgets. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Pushing right-wing American politics -- in Israel Aug 21, 2008
Mofaz has also hired George Birnbaum, the Israeli partner of Arthur Finkelstein, a high-powered American campaign strategist and former advisor to Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. Kimche, who served as director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and deputy director of the Mossad, recently told me that he believes these donations do not come without a price. (Salon)
Legendary Kahala Hotel & Resort is Favored Hawaii Hideout for Presidents and Dignitaries Aug 20, 2008
Richard Nixon visited in 1972, Gerald Ford stayed at the hotel on his way to China, and Jimmy Carter dined here. Ronald Reagan swam in the hotel's beach in 1984. (PR Newswire)
Ooga-booga reporting in Beijing Aug 20, 2008
In the documentary Thank You, Mr. President (TMN, 9 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 2, on Movie Central) she recounts how she once felt compelled to ask Richard Nixon a question about his knowledge of the Watergate break-in just moments after he had publicly congratulated her on her appointment as UPI's Washington bureau chief. Still, some months later, crossing paths with him on his way to make his resignation speech, she kindly wished him good luck, to which he replied "Pray for me.". (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The night that changed McCain's life Aug 20, 2008
According to Brace, when Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, McCain was "elated.". "He said, 'Nixon will get us home. Nixon won't sit there. He'll listen to the generals and get, you know, no more running this war from the basement of the White House.' ". (CNN -- Law)
The Fives: Pick away Obama and McCain, you probably won't bring out the dregs like this Aug 20, 2008
Of course, Agnew hadn't been that popular with the boss, Richard Nixon, either, who had attempted to dump his as a running mate after the first four years in office. Nixon had tried to push Agnew into the private sector so he could offer the job to Treasury Secretary John Connally. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Hop aboard these vintage sailing vessels Aug 19, 2008
Harry Truman and Richard Nixon relaxed at the piano in the main salon, and John F. Kennedy celebrated his last birthday there. In 1977, President Carter sold Sequoia in a cost-cutting move and it's now owned by a non-profit group based in Washington D.C. The meticulously restored National Historic Landmark is available for charter unless booked for the President or Vice President. (MSNBC -- Travel)
D.C. restaurants great for dining and dealing Aug 19, 2008
Jacomo has greeted every president since Richard Nixon at the Palm, and has yet to spill a bean. But if loyalty is his first commandment, geography is his second. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Jack Landau, 74, journalist who founded Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Aug 18, 2008
During his tenure as executive director of the Reporters Committee from 1970 to 1985, the organization filed suit for access to more than 40 million White House documents and tapes held by President Richard Nixon; official telephone transcripts of his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger; and FBI arrest records. Mr. Landau also spoke out regularly on First Amendment issues. (Boston Globe)
Reporter who questioned presidents is profiled by White House insider Aug 18, 2008
In one of her more colorful anecdotes, Thomas recounted how she forged ahead in posing a tough question to President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal moments after he had publicly congratulated her on being named the first female head of the White House bureau for United Press International. But Thomas is quick to say that she and her colleagues were not always as alert as they should have been. (Boston Globe)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Aug 18, 2008
His "Tonight Show" guests included 1960 presidential candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, boxer Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali), evangelist Billy Graham and Kennedy's brother, Robert, who was then counsel to a Senate committee investigating the Mafia. Paar crusaded against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and admiringly interviewed Fidel Castro. (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
Phelps likely to alter future format Aug 18, 2008
" But deep down, Phelps was soaking it all in - the glory and the minutiae. He had all the medals hanging in his room. By the end of the games, Hansen quipped, they resembled a wind chime. Spitz's record had stood since the Richard Nixon administration. Australian coach Alan Thompson figures it might take even longer for someone to take down the new mark. "We've been talking about Mark Spitz for 36 years now," Thompson said. "I don't know if I'm going to be alive when they stop talking about... (Athens Banner-Herald)
* The legacy and failures of the US liberal hour in the 1960s Aug 17, 2008
The Democratic majorities receded in 1966 and in 1968 Richard Nixon and George Wallace together captured 57 percent of the presidential popular vote. With that election, Mackenzie and Weisbrot say, the contours of the nations politics were set for the next 40 years: conservatives ascendant, liberals on the defensive, the broad center of American politics X where elections are won and lost X leaning to the right. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Rory Kennedy on Helen Thomas Film, Coming to HBO on Monday: 'The Role of Journalism in a Democracy' Aug 17, 2008
As for Richard Nixon, she said: "once you lie, your credibility is shot. If you lie too many times, it's all over." When Nixon passed her on the way to make what would be his resignation speech, she said to him, "Good luck, tonight." He responded, "Pray for me.". She also took herself and other White House reporters to task for failing to break the Watergate story: "You always feel, 'this happened under my watch and I should have done a better job.'". (MediaWeek.com)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET Aug 17, 2008
DEMS-MCGOVERN (Sprengelmeyer, SHNS) -- MITCHELL, S.D.: The man who was trounced by President Richard Nixon says the Democratic gathering needs to heal divisions and unite friends to face John McCain. 2,000. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
'Green' costs, gun ruling, watchdogs Aug 16, 2008
Is it really true, as Dr. Thompson insisted, that Richard Nixon kept a Chinese w******* on a barge in the Delta. That one always left me scratching, or else inexplicably hungry, depending on my state of mind at the time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
All we need now is a full moon Aug 16, 2008
Americans do tend to love a comeback kid and this would be the most amazing political comeback since Richard Nixon came back from the dead forty years ago. Kerry would still be a dimwit flip flopping dullard, wouldn t he. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
McGovern says Democrats must stay united, on target Aug 16, 2008
Scripps Howard News Service. SHNS is distributed by United Media. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Girls just wanna have fun: 'Free spirits' keep Juicy Couture hip Aug 15, 2008
She grew up wearing Lacoste dresses and penny loafers, and remembers "secretly crying" at summer camp when she heard that Richard Nixon had resigned the presidency in disgrace. It was feather boas and pointy glasses for Nash-Taylor, daughter of a former corporate executive who often advised the pair. (USA Today -- Money)
More U.S. Women Getting Birth Control Services Aug 15, 2008
"Since the advent of Title X (a federal program established in 1970 under President Richard Nixon to fund family planning and preventive health services), publicly funded clinics have always focused on contraceptive access, pregnancy testing, and STD-related care.". HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
answered questions from Washington Post readers today Aug 14, 2008
Talking this week with George McGovern, I was reminded that Richard Nixon refused to debate him in 1972. Contrast that with McCain's invitation to Obama for as many as 10 additional debates or town halls this year. (Harper's Magazine)
Land conservation contracts expiring Aug 14, 2008
Secretary of agriculture Earl Butz appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1971 encouraged farmers to get big or get out and plant fencerow to fencerow. That change contributed to huge drops in the numbers of many grassland birds, such as dickcissels, bobolinks, meadowlarks and grasshopper sparrows. (Pekin Times, IL)
Wearing out the race card Aug 14, 2008
He sent Lyndon and Lady Bird on a Dixie special to talk about JFK s war record and rake Richard Nixon. Thus did he become our first Catholic president. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Obama's problem with white, male voters Aug 13, 2008
In the end new majorities do not merely "emerge," even for Richard Nixon. It takes proactive efforts. (Boston Globe)
Athletes went from Nixon to naked Aug 13, 2008
BEIJING When on June 23, 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon proclaimed into law Title IX of the Education Amendments, as it was then called, probably no one could have envisioned one day linking it to what is now so common it is almost an unofficial Olympic activity the penchant of female Olympians to pose nude or semi-nude. But the legislation that put U.S. women's high school and college sports on an equal financial footing with men's saw a generation of young women grow up being able not only... (Globe and Mail)
Obituary: Amerine loved flying, turkeys, GOP Aug 13, 2008
He was a delegate to the 1968 convention that nominated Richard Nixon for president. Mr. Amerine served two terms on the board of the Oakdale Irrigation District and was a director of the Oakdale Golf and Country Club for two terms. (Modesto Bee, CA)
The Fives: Hillary's switcharoo, and Ronald Reagan, too! Aug 13, 2008
However, the presidential candidacies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, a relative centrist, and the Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, moved Reagan closer to the Republican party ... She worked as a deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon for Consumer Affairs ... However, upset at what she believed was Richard Nixon's unfair messages against Rockefeller, she left the Republican party. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Who's winning the message war, Obama or McCain? Aug 13, 2008
John Kennedy was advantaged in 1960; that was the question being asked by Richard Nixon at the time. In the first debate, Kennedy established that he was as competent, not more competent, but as competent as Richard Nixon, and he was advantaged. (Salon)
Paddled by a ping pong pro Aug 12, 2008
-- The game got worldwide attention in 1971 when an exhibition between the United States and China opened the door for President Richard Nixon to make the first presidential trip to Communist China. A series of meetings that led to the normalization of relations between the countries was dubbed "pingpong diplomacy.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
What If the FBI Is Right Aug 12, 2008
In 1969, President Richard Nixon unilaterally removed bioweapons from our arsenal, and the U.S. led an international effort to ban biological weapons. The Soviets signed the Biological Weapons Convention, but continued their massive program into the early 1990s. (Wall Street Journal)
Thirty-Five Years in the Light Aug 12, 2008
Chuck Colson was the Chief Counsel for Richard Nixon and served time in prison for Watergate-related charges. In 1976, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, which, in collaboration with churches of all confessions and denominations, has become the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. (Townhall.com)
Man on Wire' is quite the balancing act Aug 11, 2008
On Aug. 7, 1974 - the day before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency - a 23-year-old Frenchman by the name of Philippe Petit did something extraordinary: Early that morning, he stepped out on a wire rigged between the tops of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan and walked, without a net, sans harness, from one skyscraper to the other and back again. And back and forth - and fooling around in the middle - again and again. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Pentagon Papers figure Russo dead at 71 Aug 11, 2008
His action was branded by President Richard Nixon as treason. The government initially tried to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers, first in The New York Times and then in The Washington Post, prompting a landmark decision barring prior restraint of free expression. (CNN -- US)
Veep choice not just politics Aug 11, 2008
And in 1968, Richard Nixon had polls showing that no possible running mate helped him. He ran strongest with nobody on the bottom half of the ticket. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Plenty of niceness, and no ice, for a Grand Old Party Aug 10, 2008
Minnesota hasn't gone GOP since it pulled the lever for Richard Nixon in 1972, and the city's mayor and congresswoman - and Garrison Keillor - all belong to the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party. Keillor, who refers to President Bush only as the "current occupant," isn't likely to be throwing a cocktail party for anyone sporting an elephant tie. (Boston Globe)
