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Richard Nixon and the Paralympics Dominate the Weekly China Roundup :: The China Teaching Web (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:39:00 GMT

... today. White (as well as black and blue) symbolizes grief in China. China’s Love Affair with Richard Nixon — Americans may not be very popular around the world these days but former President Nixon is one man that still lives on in the hearts of millions of Chinese people. Click here to read more… Paralympic Torch Relay Begins in Beijing — The Temple of Heaven in Beijing was...

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A vice-president cannot help you. (Polimom Says)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:22:28 GMT

She can only hurt you. So said Richard Nixon, anyway (though of course he used a masculine pronoun.) I wonder what he’d have thought about Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running-mate? Some folks have thoughts on the matter. I tend to agree.

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Sarah Palin is Spiro Agnew (MyDD)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:27:57 GMT

It has been forty years since someone as inexperienced as Sarah Palin has been put on a national ticket, and surprisingly enough there are some real similarities between Palin and her unprepared predecessor, Spiro T. Agnew, who also had been governor less than two years at the time Richard Nixon picked him to be his number two and who also had a corruption problem lingering in the background...

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Finally Getting to Know Him (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:12:05 GMT

By Frank Gannon Bookshelf: Richard Nixon in his own words and through the eyes of a new biographer.

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Matt Lewis: Nixon's Stadium Rally ... (Townhall.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:05:00 GMT

At the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami, Richard Nixon held a youth rally at Miami's Marine Stadium. The most famous thing about that evening was the surprise hug Sammy Davis, Jr. gave Nixon. I'm told that...

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China’s Love Affair with Richard Nixon :: The China Teaching Web (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:04:00 GMT

“I have never heard of Watergate,” a close friend told me a few days ago. “All I know is that Nixon was the first president of America to connect with China. He was a great man.” There are very few Americans from the past 50 years who Chinese people will laud and defend as ardently as former President Nixon. To the Chinese, Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing in the winter of 1972...

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“REDACTED: the Sequel!” (cold fury)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:18:26 GMT

THE RICHARD M. DALY LIBRARY FOR READIN’ WHAT’S DA MAYOR WANTS YOUSE TO READ Librarian Rosemary Woods: “Here’s your files, boys–don’t mind the 14 & 1/2-minute gaps!”. Richard Nixon is so proud of you librarians. The Library released the (doubtlessly santized) Obama/Ayres Files today, files from the many years that Barack Obama and cop-killer Bill Ayres [...]

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Archie Bunker for President (Pam's House Blend)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:22:23 GMT

The year was 1972. It was an election year — and the Democratic primary was heating up with names like George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Sam Yorty, Eugene McCarthy, Shirley Chisholm, and Edwin Muskie vying to run against Richard Nixon. There was also another name being presented as a possible presidential candidate. Archie Bunker, a character on a new and controversial TV sitcom was...

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Dixie Turning Blue (In These Times)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:17:14 GMT

Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's tepid keynote address to the Democratic convention Tuesday night was little noted and will not be long remembered. But it was important in signaling new Democratic political hopes in the South. For decades, following Richard Nixon's successful "Southern strategy" to win over white Democrats by playing on backlash to the civil rights movement, many national...

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Commenter Of The Day: The Wonder Years Edition [Commenter Of The Day] (Jalopnik)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

For those who grew up after the mid 1970s, the television show The Wonder Years was our best window into the turbulent period in American history between the Chicago Democratic Convention and the resignation of Richard Nixon. Even for those individuals uninterested or unversed in the history, the show captured most of the touchstones and common experiences of post-industrial American...

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Commenter Of The Day: The Wonder Years Edition [Commenter Of The Day] (Worlwide Cars News at Go-Cars.org)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:08:15 GMT

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Frost/Nixon Trailer (The Tin Man)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:56:37 GMT

The trailer for Frost/Nixon, based on the recent play about David Frost’s 1977 interviews with Richard Nixon, is now out. You can watch it here. (Thanks, Esther!) It’s written by Peter Morgan, who also brought us The Queen. It stars Frank Langella as Nixon and Michael Sheen as David Frost, who played Tony [...]

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Power’s world: The long insult to Russia (First Drafts)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:11:52 GMT

If Richard Nixon, the erstwhile red baiter, wasn’t safely in his grave, most probably he would be writing op-eds in the New York Times saying that, “we are in danger of losing Russia.” For all the bodies of the liberal left in America dispatched by him on the way to the pinnacle of power, as [...] ShareThis

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Pat Nixon at the U.S.-Mexico Border (Indybay newswire)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:11:46 GMT

Nearly 40 years ago this month, First Lady Pat Nixon crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and embraced Mexican children, saying, "I hate to see a fence anywhere." Times have changed, writes the commentator, and ironically, President Richard Nixon helped to bring about many of these changes. Joseph Nevins is an associate professor of geography at Vassar College. His latest book is Dying...

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RadioShank: Westerberg, Arbouretum, Byrne & Eno... (Mobtown Shank)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:19:00 GMT

TAKKA TAKKAmyspace[mp3] Everybody Say NEGATIVLANDmyspace[mp3] Richard Nixon Died Today PAUL WESTERBERG[mp3] Who You Gonna Marry'In case you haven't heard, Westerberg has made a big comeback with 49:00, a self-released 49 minute download only album. My friend Mohan really wanted me...

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It Had To Happen : Nardwuar Vs. Jay Reatard (Matablog)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:34:21 GMT

(we just tell folks this guy is kinda like Vancouver’s answer to Kurt Loder). Possibly the most intense meeting of the minds since the David Frost/Richard Nixon interviews. The grilling of Jay begins about 32 minutes into the program. mp3

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Fit to be president? (Sacramento Bee)

smcmanis@sacbee.com (Sam McManis) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

In this telegenic, mass-media age, the health and fitness of presidential candidates often is equated with their fitness to lead. Herbert Hoover and aides tossed a medicine ball. George W. Bush is one of the more physically fit presidents. Richard Nixon in the White House basement bowling lanes. John F. Kennedy exuded health despite physical problems.

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John Edwards Scandal: Lee Rohn’s “Controversial” Bio (Blogger News Network)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:18:33 GMT

There’s Something About Lee Attorney a Martha Mitchell Figure? A look at Lee Rohn, reported as Rielle’s host in the Virgin Islands by the National Enquirer and why the Enquirer called her “controversial”. Richard Nixon once said that if it hadn’t been for her, there wouldn’t have been a Watergate. He wasn’t referring to the ubiquitous Deep Throat; he [...]

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What Barack Obama Learned From Richard Nixon (Donklephant)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:28:21 GMT

The Obama campaign has promised to contest all 50 states. Does that mean he plans to visit all 50? No, Obama has wisely chosen to say “contest” not “visit.” That is because he has learned an important lesson from the last President to try a 50-state campaign — Richard Nixon. In 1960, Richard Nixon made even [...]

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Richard Nixon 1972 Convention Speech Anniversary (2008 Presidential Campaign Blog)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:01:00 GMT

... my deep gratitude to this convention for the tribute you have paid to the best campaigner in the Nixon family-my wife Pat. In honoring her, you have honored millions of women in America who have contributed in the past and will contribute in the future so very much to better government in this country. I ask you, my fellow Americans, to join our new majority not just in the cause of winning...

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