Happy Birthday, Dick.

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Happy Birthday, Dick. and edited to add Chipbutty

Not Dick Daily and not Lukeatmydick, another famous Dick:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Richard_Nixon.jpg/220px-Richard_Nixon.jpg

Richard Milhous Nixon, born on this day, 100 years ago.

He was elected to the Presidency in 1968 and became another in a long line of Republican Presidents who were "not really a conservative."

Nixon won the 1972 election by a margin of 503 electoral votes, only to resign in 1972 to avoid impeachment. He lived another 20 years, but never really got his game back.


No entry on wikipedia for Chipbutty, except this.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/ChipButtysmall.jpg
 
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Republicans would 'primary' him right out of the party now. He had vision, took a long view. That wouldn't matter today.
 
Frost/Nixon was a pretty good movie. A better vehicle for Michael Sheen's talents than Underworld in any event.
 
my name ain't dick, i'm not dead, and i'm not a scuzzy ex-pres


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Paid his way through Law School with money he won player poker onboard ship in WWII.

In golf, when you shank a ball over the fence, break a car or house window and are confronted by the house/car owner, stoutly denying it was your ball is referred to as a "Nixon", for which no penalty or distance is assessed.
 
Many happy returns of the day, ms chips. (No goodbyes)
 
Happy birthday, Chip. Hope it was a lovely day and that the coming year brings joy and lots of poems. :kiss:
 
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