The Confessions of @dick_nixon
October 17, 2015 11:45 AM Subscribe
“I understood that Nixon couldn't be frozen in the world of the tapes — he belonged ‘in the arena.’ And that made him a natural for Twitter.” Justin Sherin analyzes how and why he imitates Richard Nixon on Twitter as @dick_nixon.
These are very good, but since I just went on a futurama binge I am reading them in Billy West's Nixon voice.
posted by Cookiebastard at 12:48 PM on October 17, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Cookiebastard at 12:48 PM on October 17, 2015 [3 favorites]
He Was a Crook
I have had my own bloody relationship with Nixon for many years, but I am not worried about it landing me in hell with him. I have already been there with that bastard, and I am a better person for it. Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Nixon all their lives. My mother hates Nixon, my son hates Nixon, I hate Nixon, and this hatred has brought us together.
Nixon laughed when I told him this. "Don't worry," he said, "I, too, am a family man, and we feel the same way about you."
posted by a lungful of dragon at 1:12 PM on October 17, 2015 [7 favorites]
I have had my own bloody relationship with Nixon for many years, but I am not worried about it landing me in hell with him. I have already been there with that bastard, and I am a better person for it. Nixon had the unique ability to make his enemies seem honorable, and we developed a keen sense of fraternity. Some of my best friends have hated Nixon all their lives. My mother hates Nixon, my son hates Nixon, I hate Nixon, and this hatred has brought us together.
Nixon laughed when I told him this. "Don't worry," he said, "I, too, am a family man, and we feel the same way about you."
posted by a lungful of dragon at 1:12 PM on October 17, 2015 [7 favorites]
There was another guy, @PresNixonUSA, who was tweeting as Nixon and he had a pretty good handle on Nixon's voice (his tweets came from both Nixon and Rose Mary Woods on Nixon's behalf.) According to twitter his account has been suspended. Maybe @dick_nixon has his own enemies list?
posted by Hey Dean Yeager! at 2:19 PM on October 17, 2015
posted by Hey Dean Yeager! at 2:19 PM on October 17, 2015
On June 10, 1945, he watched from an office window as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower paraded down Broadway in New York City, celebrating victory in Europe. Two years later he was in the House of Representatives. After moving to the Senate in 1950, he was Ike's vice president in 1952. Then in 1960 John F. Kennedy defeated him for the presidency by 113,000 votes, largely due to fraud in Illinois and Texas.
That last part feels like a weird thing to throw in there
posted by mattnworb at 3:41 PM on October 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
That last part feels like a weird thing to throw in there
posted by mattnworb at 3:41 PM on October 17, 2015 [2 favorites]
The ones with a certain historical context are quite good, and I like how he had Zeigler posting in his "absence."
Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver - Taking a break from baseball to listen to John Dean talk about Watergate at #CronkMSM
Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon - Jesus.
Steven Rosenbaum @StevenRosenbaum - Sir: It's Chuck Colson's birthday. Your thoughts
Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon - Ask God.
Surely if this guy can be Nixon on twitter, anyone can set up a dead ex-president account? Roosevelt? Truman? Washington?
posted by marienbad at 4:58 PM on October 17, 2015
Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver - Taking a break from baseball to listen to John Dean talk about Watergate at #CronkMSM
Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon - Jesus.
Steven Rosenbaum @StevenRosenbaum - Sir: It's Chuck Colson's birthday. Your thoughts
Richard M. Nixon @dick_nixon - Ask God.
Surely if this guy can be Nixon on twitter, anyone can set up a dead ex-president account? Roosevelt? Truman? Washington?
posted by marienbad at 4:58 PM on October 17, 2015
Canadians are polite but they are not nice. They drink. And they will cut your throat. My God, how do you think they survive on the prairie?
Yep, that sounds like Nixon alright.
posted by Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane at 5:49 PM on October 17, 2015
Yep, that sounds like Nixon alright.
posted by Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane at 5:49 PM on October 17, 2015
Canadians aren't even polite. That's the funny thing.
posted by i_have_a_computer at 6:47 PM on October 17, 2015
posted by i_have_a_computer at 6:47 PM on October 17, 2015
This guy is a genius. I have been following him for a long time. Roger Stone sent me there.
posted by Ironmouth at 4:18 AM on October 18, 2015
posted by Ironmouth at 4:18 AM on October 18, 2015
It's interesting. The account is very well done, and believable, and I followed it for a while. But I realized eventually that I really don't like Nixon. I can't stand it anymore.
posted by grobstein at 9:01 AM on October 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by grobstein at 9:01 AM on October 18, 2015 [1 favorite]
Brrrrrrrannigan!!!!!!!!!
posted by ian1977 at 3:45 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ian1977 at 3:45 AM on October 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
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