No. 259: RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON & DONALD TRUMP / Could a president who loved sports really be all bad? Little doubt about one who uses sports only for political ends.
On the occasion of the Inauguration of the 47th POTUS, a few things historical and sporting.
Check the line … FOOT FAULT! It’s part of RN’s lore, but he had a bowling alley installed in the White House. Yup, bowling was a thing in the 60s and into the 70s. I was riveted on Saturday afternoons to ABC’s broadcasts of the heroics of Dick Weber and Earl Anthony et cetera.
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