Tell that to Annette Funicello and Linda Ronstadt.

Nixon prolonged the war by at least 5 years when he convinced the South Vietnamese government to reject the peace plan Lyndon Johnson had cobbled together in 1968. Nixon, who by conducting foreign policy while still an un-elected civilian was violating the Logan Act, told the South he could get the North Vietnamese to…

Toddlers are great for mining coal in those hard to reach crevices.

Flabby, pasty skin, riddled with phlebitis. God, I loved it.

Oh, okay. My bad.

The ending of Frost/Nixon seemed so contrived to me, what with Nixon calling up Frost and essentially psyching him up to be the best opponent he can be. But given stories like this, who knows if it didn't happen that way?

Oh, I don't disagree with the douche designation at all. He was a hound, and had no business being in the White House.

Which Liberman? Because Joe Lieberman hasn't been in Congress for four years.

Two things, etc.

Because I enjoy hyperbole and am too lazy to discuss the complexity of the issue at hand!

I've not seen the new episode yet. Did John happen to mention his recent fling with tax fraud?

I mean, does the Miss USA pageant really attract a ton of feminists? I doubt Andrea Dworkin or bell hooks were big supporters of the competition.

Eh, to a degree. Some of the books I've read seem to indicate that Nixon really didn't care that much about domestic policy and mostly left if up to his cabinet to run the government. He was more interested in foreign policy. By 1974, as accusations and scandals piled up, he was spending more and more time drunk.…

Also thank Ted Kennedy for torpedoing Nixon's plan because it wasn't liberal enough. Way to drive healthcare off a bridge, Ted!

Eh, I've always been dubious of the Klan claim (do you happen to have a source?), especially since Harding was often outspoken on African American rights, and was even rumored to be of African descent (probably idle gossip, though Harding confided to a friend that he couldn't be sure).

Buchanan is the worst. How do I know? Half of the nation he was governing left before his term was over. You don't get to put that in the "win" column.

Pfft. Commie.

Americans will always do the right thing—after exhausting all alternatives.
-Almost certainly not Winston Churchill

His tenure as beloved mayor was my favorite part of the finale. That and Ron being Craig and Typhoon's best man.

Was your mom okay?