The man was quick on his feet, gotta give him that. You know, I think Nixon really got a bad rap, especially compared to more modern presidents.
I mean, the guy's international relations skills were pretty good, although like most he did abuse the power of the office. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Hilarious FBI Anecdote > > During the Nixon era CBS correspondent Daniel Shore did a lot > of reporting Nixon didn't like so he asked the FBI to > investigate him and dig up some dirt. > > Unfortunately the FBI decided to interview Mr. Shore as part > of investigation, as well as openly interview his friends, > family, colleagues, etc. Of course Mr. Shore, being a > reporter, decided to report this. Nixon went into damage > control mode, got together a team, and decided they'd spin it > as Nixon was considering Mr. Shore for a job and was doing > due diligence investigating. Oddly they never came up with a > job so the deception wasn't worth much. > > Soon after, as other events unfolded, 3 articles of > impeachment were drafted for Nixon one of which was abuse of > power for investigating Daniel Shore. Of course Nixon > resigned and life went on. > > Years later Nixon was on a book tour and ran into Mr. Shore > who couldn't resist asking him about the events. Mr. Shore > approached Pres Nixon and said, > > "Mr. President you might remember me but ..." > > Nixon broke in and said, > > "Dan! Of course I remember you! I damn near hired you once!" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230162 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
