richard nixon–coolest president ever?
I am forming the belief that RN was the coolest president ever. Some basic reasons why:
1. Although he got a free ride to Harvard, he went to a small Quaker college instead…
2. …where he founded a frat based on watching football.
3. And drank a lot.
4. Nixon’s speechwriters included Pat Buchanan, Ben Stein, and William Safire. Imagine them sitting around at a coworker bar event–awesome? YES!
5. Unlike other presidents, he said what he thought, including calling Ghandi’s widow an “old witch” and the infamous bitchy Khrushchev “debate.” That’s pretty awesome–I mean presidents now don’t say what they actually think.
6. Sure, he went on Laugh-In. But he also went on HEE HAW! AWESOME
7. “Swears like a sailor” could be a more effective metaphor if it were “swears like Richard Nixon.” Everyone knows swearing is cool.
8. Because of Watergate, his papers are still government property, yet he privately funded his own library–cool.
9. At said library there is a statue of Nikita Khrushchev. Say that about any other paranoid republican Cold War American president with a history of bitching out Communists!
10. Crucial to Space program–cool.
11. A republican who was pro-environment–pretty cool.
12. Supported minority owned businesses–cool.
13. Anti-segregation–awesome.
14. pro-oil conservation–uh, if only we could get ANY side to be pro-this now.
15. Used pingpong in integral foreign relations policies.
16. Hung out with Johnny Cash (okay that would be cool for anyone–but THE PRESIDENT? Way cool).
17. Encouraged a drug addict to come to the White House with a gun. Then accepted said gun in the most famous picture ever of Nixon–shaking hands with Elvis. If George W. Bush accepted a gun from like, Ted Nugent, that would not be widely accepted. If he deputized Nugent? Less popular.
18. Nixon would call the losing Super Bowl team every year to offer condolences? What? Crazy!
19. He took commercial flights instead of Air Force One for personal travel–how salt of the earth is that? I don’t even want to fly in commercial planes.
Obviously there are some bad things about Nixon, but he seems like a cool GUY if not a nice guy/president. From this list, I would TOTALLY hang out with Nixon. I mean we could watch some HeeHaw at a bar, shoot things, and call up Cash and Elvis, then watch football. How fun would that be? And even if you don’t like Nixon, you must obey ROBOT NIXON:
8 Comments so far
1. Annie P. wrote on November 18th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Yeah, but would you sleep with him?
2. Annie P. wrote on November 18th, 2006 at 11:42 am
Yeah…but would you sleep with him?
3. jenny wrote on November 18th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
probably not, but I can’t really find many young Nixon photos. He ain’t bad here. He’s so jowly!
4. Kasey wrote on December 12th, 2006 at 7:51 am
Apparently you are not the only one with this sentiment.
Did you see this week’s New Yorker?
5. Kasey wrote on December 12th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Bugger. That link didn’t work right.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/061211ta_talk_kolbert
6. jenny wrote on December 12th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
once again, the new yorker rips of jennyjenny.org!
7. MIke wrote on December 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
C’mon man! The coolest president ever, without a doubt, is John F. Kennedy, whether or not you agree with his politics. Not even Nixon’s friends thought that he was cool, I mean acquaintances. Nixon didn’t really have friends. JFK might be the coolest person ever, let alone coolest president. Check out “the JFK Show” on Youtube to see a president who can go off script and be effortlessly brilliant and funny without antagonizing the press or insulting our intelligence.
8. jennybento wrote on December 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
In terms of personality, I think JFK was kind of lame. I mean he hid all of his cool naughty activity (”dating” Marilyn) and honestly, most resembles GW Bush–privileged upbringing, historical family, bought the presidency, etc.