Even Zingers won’t help a president who can’t run his re-election campaign off his own record. Listening to him, you would swear he wasn’t the incumbent candidate….
I suspect you mean Gerald Ford, because he tripped a couple of times when he was president. But another possibility is Theodore Roosevelt, who was a good boxer.
Lyndon Johnson opined that Gerry played too many games without his helmet. -It definitely wasn’t Nixon. It took him five tries to produce the 18 1/2 minute gap. He couldn’t drive. Tape recorders in those days made you press two keys simultaneously and Nixon couldn’t cope with it.-His aides found teeth marks on the child-proof cap on the bottle containing his prescription. Nixon couldn’t get it open and got a little frustrated…
chazandru over 11 years ago
Hostess Zingers… yum.Fewer Zingers, more honest and thoughtful conversation. C.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Actually, the problem was NOT using zingers and one-liners, with an audience with the attention span of gnats.
etocme over 11 years ago
Even Zingers won’t help a president who can’t run his re-election campaign off his own record. Listening to him, you would swear he wasn’t the incumbent candidate….
lonecat over 11 years ago
Well, it wasn’t Taft.
lonecat over 11 years ago
I suspect you mean Gerald Ford, because he tripped a couple of times when he was president. But another possibility is Theodore Roosevelt, who was a good boxer.
adherent#1 over 11 years ago
I think it was Nixon. I can just see him pole-vaulting over his useless interns and aides to get at the all-you-can -eat buffet line…
braindead Premium Member over 11 years ago
Lyndon Johnson opined that Gerry played too many games without his helmet. -It definitely wasn’t Nixon. It took him five tries to produce the 18 1/2 minute gap. He couldn’t drive. Tape recorders in those days made you press two keys simultaneously and Nixon couldn’t cope with it.-His aides found teeth marks on the child-proof cap on the bottle containing his prescription. Nixon couldn’t get it open and got a little frustrated…