Brother Buck double negative - The Monday Morning Memo

“I’m an expert on Nixon because he and I went to the same dentist. He got drilled and X-rayed just as I did, in the same chair. So I can get on the radio and tell you all about his place in history. In this endeavor, I am being monitored and closely watched by faithful listeners who have been asking, ‘Just what will you say about Nixon on the radio? I mean, given your history and all?’ Well, here it is: I liked the son of a bitch. I think we have lost a great man. (Oh, but you shouldn’t say that word on the radio!) But this is Nixon we’re talking about. And he would understand. I liked Nixon because he was a scrambler who could curse and swear and drink with the best of them and I don’t feel compelled to apologize for feeling the way I do about the flawed, imperfect, awkward, struggling man who was buried yesterday.”

- William O'Shaughnessy, a liberal radio host in his 1994 on-air commentary about the death of Richard Nixon, a conservative ex-president.

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