Herein emergeth both “Nixon the Loser” and “The New Nixon” (same as the old Nixon, but with embedded viral marketing). What say y’all? Have to admit, this is also where Perlstein starts to run crossgrain to my own prejudices: Went one of the Stevenson/Galbraith jeremiads… “Our nation stands at a fork in the political road. …
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Late Afternoon Open Thread
First off, another reminder: NIXONLAND discussion group tonight, 9pm EST, “The Stench”. Now aren’t you curious enough to come lurk and see what you’re missing? Second, since I know many of us are geeks and some of us are gamers, how come no love for this particular Superbowl ad?
Nixonland Reminder
Next virtual meeting of the Balloon Juice Book Group is Monday evening, February 7, 9pm EST, because a bunch of participants (including Rick Perlstein) are going to be busy watching the Superbowl on Sunday afternoon. We’ve only up to the third chapter (“The Stench”), so it’s not too late to download the enchanced e-book edition …
Sunday Evening Open Thread
Thanks to all who participated down-thread. Next Sunday is some big noisy quasi-religious observance for sports fans, I’m told, so how about we schedule the discussion of NIXONLAND, chapter 3, “The Stench”, for Monday evening, Feb 7, at 9pm EST? Or is that too early / too late / the wrong day? Incidentally, I was …
Nixonland I: Hell in LA / The Orthogonian
The past isn’t dead; it isn’t even past. — Faulkner Here begins the first virtual meeting of the BJ Book Group. Today’s topic: the preface and first two chapters of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland. What do y’all think? One thing: I hadn’t realized how much Nixon used the “popular media” successfully. I know everyone remembers the …
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Nixonland: Book Group Reminder
After Checkers, to the cosmopolitan liberals, hating Richard Nixon, congratulating yourself for seeing through Richard Nixon and the elaborate political poker bluffs with which he hooked the sentimental rubes, was becoming part and parcel of a political identity… Four o’clock EST, this Sunday, we discuss the first two chapters of Nixonland.: the Rise of A …
NIXONLAND: Official Book Group Invitation
First online ‘meeting’ of the BJ Book Group will start at 4pm EST Sunday, January 30th. The book, of course, is Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland. If you own an e-reader (are an e-reader?), commentor RSR pointed out that an “enhanced” e-book with CBS news footage is available through publishers Simon & Shuster. Now that I’ve pored …
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