Whether or not we know Richard M. Nixon depends on who we are, how old we are, and where we come from. The best is the episode of SEINFELD where Elaine is tricked into dating a guy who has the perfect way to get her attention.
He bets with complete strangers (women he likes) on trivia questions and names that he knows are wrong. When he meets Elaine, he makes a bet with her that Dustin Hoffman was in STAR WARS. By the end of the show, he has moved on to Jerry's girlfriend Nikki, but he doesn't know she's Jerry's girlfriend as he hits on her. He asks her what the M in Richard M. Nixon stands for.
There is also Burt Reynolds's brilliant, campy performance as Congressman David Dilbeck in STRIPTEASE. Dilbeck greases himself up with Vaseline to have his way with a piece of fresh lint from his fantasy girl, Erin Grant (played by Demi Moore). He is then cleaned up and rushed to a stage to speak to a large group of Christians. As he enters to a standing ovation, he holds both hands up in the V for In any case, this is what it means.
This is the silliest thing I can think of when I hear the name "Richard M. Nixon." I was in high school when the 37th U.S. president was making fake peace signs and mumbling "I'm not a crook" as if he had marbles in his mouth. Both of these things became signatures for the former U.S. president.
I remember having "silent periods" in Latin class, when, for example, the loudspeakers would play the latest news about the infamous Richard M. Nixon, taking us away from our declensions and making us sit in a grave, oppressive silence. This would happen during "normal" class periods.
Yes, both the left and the right have made fun of him, made him out to be a bad guy, and praised him. He was a president who stood out for many reasons. Richard M. Nixon was in charge of making the policies that led to price control and the start of SSI (Supplemental Security Income). Richard M. Nixon made Big Brother's electronic spying in George Orwell's 1984 a reality when he spied on and bugged Democrats, other people, and even his own people. This led to his impeachment.
On the other hand, Richard M. Nixon is known as the president who ended the terrible Vietnam War by making peace with the USSR and China. So, whatever you think about Richard M. Nixon, I hope it's more accurate than what I thought about him when I was a pot-smoking, Latino, anti-authoritarian teen who had trouble speaking English.
