Apr 3, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Representative Darrell Issa, chair of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee, has suggested that the Obama adminstration is too “Nixonian” in its approach to government transparency. But when it comes to foreign policy, says Mr. Issa, it is not...
Jan 27, 2011 | Domestic Policy, News, The New Nixon
“We will move forward together, or not at all,” said President Obama in his State of the Union address. Readers of this blog may have noticed that this line echoed one from RN’s 1969 inaugural: “To go forward at all is to go forward...
Oct 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The headline reads ” Rich Little Says Today’s Celebs Are Tough to Imitate: Rich Little says he’s perfected his impersonation of U.S. President Barack Obama, but admits it took him awhile to nail it.The Ottawa-born funnyman, in Toronto on Saturday to...
Jun 15, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
The energy issue has been around for decades, so it is very hard for a president to say anything new about it. President Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill is an example. Toward the end, he invoked images of American determination and ingenuity:...
Jun 10, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
President Obama’s recent TV statement about kicking posterior led a number of journalists to muse about previous presidents who used bad language in the White House. Thanks to the tapes, of course, we know about RN’s unfortunate weakness for expletives....
