On Thursday, July 31, 2014 9:13:19 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:


> >Is that kinda like sayin' that John Wilkes Booth was a
> >pretty good actor, except for "that other stuff".....?

> Yup.  And Richard Nixon.

Nixon was a terrible actor.  Indeed, that was a contributor to his downfall,
in that he thought he was -acting- 'presidential' when he gave speeches to the
country, but the country saw through it.

(Nixon did meet his wife Pat in a community theatre group.  His granddaughter
is an actress today.)

As an aside, John Dean and others are running around giving speeches and
touting new book they just wrote on Nixon and Watergate:  (Dean was in Phila
last night).

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/literature/20140731_F
rty_years_past_Watergate__authors_add_to_Nixon-era_literature.html


Nixon did start Amtrak.  Didn't give very much funding--far less than it
needed--but at least it was a start.  DOT Secretary Volpe, a strong supporter
of Amtrak, was crucified by other conservatives for doing so.

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