People seem to forget that Nixon was the president who started the war on drugs. That was/is a HUGE blunder on his part and helped turn the prison system into a business where drugs are rampant. That one act kills any positives Nixon brought to the table. Also his foreign policy is overrated. Nixon and KIssenger helped open up china and look where that has gotten the west in the long run.
Jackie Gleason is neither a Democrat or Republican in the United States of America of the Federal Republic. He is without a shadow of a doubt a member of the Scottish Rite and Knights Templar of the Financial Collector for the KKK.
Everyone in history who wasn't a Democrat was a racists. In fact, the only cure for racism is to join the Democrat party. Forget the fact that the Southern Democrats refused to end slavery. Forget the fact that one of the longest serving U.S. Senators, Robert Byrd (D) was a former member of the KKK. Forget the fact that Margaret Sanger - founder, Planned Parenthood once said of blacks and immigrants: "...human weeds, reckless breeders, spawning... human beings who never should have been born."
And just what in the sam hell did we need him for? We already had our share of criminals both in the slammer and walking the streets. Why the hell did we need one in the white house? This is proof that one need not pay attention to celebrity figures when it comes to politics. The republican pary hasn't changed a bit.
She-eesh! What a grouch! Ironically, it was the Democrats who sent people to the Moon! Maybe if Gleason hadn't been such a raging drunk and egomaniac, he wouldn't have been such a Republican.
@UncleMikeNJ Not that it makes a diff, but the space program was devised under the charge of Ike and his VP Nixon. And I do believe Mr. Nixon was also the President when we landed on the moon; although I am not taking credit away from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations for their enormous contributions to the effort, I am merely stating there credit should be rightly spread around.
@booksmart115 Yes, Ike signed the bill that created NASA. That bill was written by the Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson. Whatever he really did, good or bad, Nixon had as much to do with putting a man on the Moon as Jackie Gleason did -- in real life, anyway.
Excrutiating. If you couldn't pick Gleason as a Republican (no temporary side tracking to celebrity Democrats like Sinatra before embracing the big money party that represented your class) you would have to have been schooled by Ed Norton. At least with Nixon you were going to the moon.
@Archangel101576 Gleason;like his friends Bogart & Cagney; were HARD CORE DEMOCRATS: Bogart-up until his death. Cagney: until Reagan ran for office. I didn't know until this clip that Gleason switched.
@thenutintheushanka18 1968. I remember when Gleason gave this speech at the conclusion of one of his TV broadcasts. Also, he speaks of "the last four years," which was a reference to Lyndon Johnson's presidency. If this had been 1960, Eisenhower would have been the President, and Gleason would not have referred to Ike in that manner.
@RealTime88 The option was Hubert Humphrey who was part of LBJ's self-proclaimed failed term. Don't forget Richard Nixon's first term was a success and I suppose one could say without Watergate his second term would have been a success considering that even Watergate didn't cause an adverse affect on the management of the country. So I think your question should be, what wouldn't he have liked?
@Ramubay Well when you say Hubert Humphrey it makes sense. I liked LBJ and I think without Vietnam he would have had run in 1968 but would he have beaten Nixon? I can't say. Do you think Nixon did the right thing by continuning Vietnam? If I were president my first mission would have been ending that war. No sarcasm please I'm only asking an honest question.
@RealTime88 Well he did try to end the war...by winning it. When that didn't work he brought the troups home. But you have to remember that the Soviet Union was trying to topple countries one at a time and it was important to at least try to halt that. The last time when the U.S. sat on their butts letting this happen we had WW2 to fight. And also don't forget that the U.S. signed a treaty with France after WW2 that dictated that we go in their to begin with.
@Ramubay It was a mess he should have ended in 1968 hell LBJ should have put a stop to it to, but other than that LBJ is a favorite of mine. America has to stop being the world's policeman. We should only be lending a hand to countries who have a close relationship to us like maybe our neighbors Haiti.
@RealTime88 Your exact arguments were made by those that opposed the US from going into WW2 and fighting Hitler. Exact arguments. Of course they all clammed up years later because they learned they were wrong. Which makes you at least 60 years behind the loop.
@Ramubay I thought we began saying stop being the world's policeman AFTER WWII when we tried to get other communist countries to change their ways. America is always slow at progress. Civil rights, war, healthcare, etc.
@RealTime88 Go back and study your history books. Do you even have a clue why American bases are posted around the world or who gave them permission to do so? These are important things to do which apparently you don't. Aren't you familiar with any of the pacts made by other countries such as the one Truman made with France that dictated we help in the First Indochina War (later Vietnam War). Are you seriously telling me you aren't familiar with any of this?
@RealTime88 AFTER WWII was when the United States DID become the policeman of the world. I would suggest you bone up on world history. Do you really think Japan would be allowed to continue right after WW2 without an American base? Same with Germany? Most countries couldn't afford to protect themselves against WW3 let alone have the ability. If the U.S. hadn't been the policeman of the world since WW2, the Soviet Union certainly would have caused WW3.
@RealTime88 ---Vietnam war is what killed LBJ. Of course he would have beaten Nixon if not for it. Nixon should not have escalated war they way he did but he did not want to be the1st US Pres to lose a war.
@loyaldude10 Yes, Vietnam killed him, but also remember that JFK was perhaps even more committed to victory in Vietnam than Johnson(and certainly more than Nixon.).
@thenutintheushanka18 --true. JFK wisely wanted to keep Communists in check in Asia, and prevent their encroachment in latin America. But had he lived for 2d term, he prob would have reached a resolution (even if temporary) of the war, rather than to escalate it as did LBJ.
@loyaldude10 JFK wanted a lot of things, but he was largely ineffective. His perceived weakness allowed the Soviets to build the Berlin Wall. He failed to support the Bay of Pigs invasion properly (if you are going do something like that, do it right or not at all), and he accomplished next to nothing on civil rights. Anything beneficial that was accomplished was done by LBJ. Sad to say, the best thing for Kennedy's reputation was what happened in Dallas.
@mindspring57 ---u make good points. Bay of Pigs was terrible, foolish mistake. But JFK handling of Cuban missile crisis was brilliant. JFK was reluctant to push hard for civil rts for fear of alienating the South, which was still Democratic then. But u wouldnt expect US to go to war over Soviets building Berlin wall. Berlin air lift was a good response. After JFK killed, many people seemed more willing to push harder for civil rts bill in his memory. But LBJ did get it done--gotta give credit.
@loyaldude10 yea Nixon's attitude was sort of " now that I'm president, it's time to do things the RIGHT way", but by that point it was way too late. I'm not sure if i agree on your assessment that LBJ was committed to victory in Vietnam. He fought the war with one hand tied behind his back. "we seek no wider war." He might have been committed to victory in theory, but in practice it sure as heck didn't look like it.
@mytubejm The country was in bad condition. Johnson tried to buy votes from the blacks with his social programs, but all he got was burning cities. He escalated the Vietnam War and failed to seek military victory. He was ineffective when North Korea seized the Pueblo. The Supreme Court dismantled our society by overruling judicial decisions of long standing. Republican Eisenhower appointed Warren, but Kennedy and Johnson appointed Goldberg, Fortas, and Marshall. Change was needed.
And for this, Nixon show Gleason the secret lab at area 41 with the dead space aliens. This was quoted by his widow after he died. His house was called the mothership, it looked like a UFO.
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
@oldmusic1 Barack Obama was elected President only because George Bush is a moron, John McCain is a senile old fool lacking in moral character, and the Republicans in Congress, as a rule, are corrupt. McCain cheated on his first wife and dumped her so he could marry a richer and younger women. Poor confused John does not even know how many houses he owns. Answer = zero. The rich young hussy keeps the property under her control.
I join the others here who have commented in a positive way about how the late great Mr Gleason here urged every potential voter to not just take his word for it but to actually listen to what the candidate Nixon had to say & then to make up their own minds. Oh, how I wish we had more positive campaigning like that in today's world! If only more candidates today would focus more on what THEY would do to change things instead of spending so much time tearing down their opponents!
I thought that Republicans hated it when celebs made uninformed partisan statements about politics?
Oh yea, that's only when the celeb is a liberal. If they are conservative they draft them to run like Reagen, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy (he played Gofer or Goober whatever his name was on The Love Boat) Arnold Schwarzenegger, ect.
RMN real problem was he gave the left everything while working right away to get our young men out of S.E. Asia that the POS LBJ got US into with the Tonkin INSANE LIES.
NIXON should have gone after the media and the left IMO
Nixon was a known slanderer and weasel from way back, even by Republican standards. If Jackie had come out for Goldwater I could understand, but Tricky Dick?
@uofjim - Wrong, the word was out on Nixon and his smear tactics as early as 1950. We have guys like him and McCarthy to thank for the type of political fights we have today, we're it's not enough to say the adversary has poor ideas, but they are traitors and Godless.
Nixon slung many low-blows in his early campaigns and the people he ran against and their supporters remembered.
Jackie's opinion speaks to either a major blind-spot, payola or a bad heart.
@zzGRENDELzz-That is a pretty bold statement,that we have guys like Nixon and McCarthy to thank for the dirty politics we have today...so are we reverting to the "monkey see monkey do" mentality?Just because certain politicians of the past may have fought dirty,does that really mean that today's politicians have to follow that same path?It is thier personal choice to engage in those actions and they ALONE must take responsibility for that! Enough of the "blame everything on someone else" mindset
@KLUNKET Not bold - historical fact. Just follow the chain, the 'family tree' if you will. I never said we must blame only them - but they set the mold for guys like Gingrich. Now most right wing politicians allow radio shock jocks and FOX news do their dirty work, the smart ones anyway. The stupid ones just keep spouting bile.
@ klunket: I don't know - do they HAVE to follow it? Certainly not. But there is a 'holier than thou' mentality (which is also why average Muslims don't criticise extremist mullahs) . Once one person claims the top perch of "patriotism" everyone else may feel the need to climb up there too, even and especially if that means knocking over and smearing everyone else to get there.
That's been the Republican tactic since end of WW2. Read some history to understand why. Too much info for here.
@zzGRENDELzz- you mention republicans, but democrats take place in these types of politics and they do it OFTEN. You are just shooting down a party, your not speaking historical fact. You are making up historical fact that better suits you. Oh and let the AM radio shock jocks and Fox news have thier say, liberals have THE REST OF THE ENTIRE MEDIA- Hollywood, and EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY to spawn its lies. I am independant, and can find horror in both parties-why can't you?
@KLUNKET I don't recall any instance in the 30 years I've been politically aware plus the other 40 that I've studied where a Democrat has accused a Republican of being a dirty red pinko commie and it's been over 45 years since a Democrat has accused a Republican of being soft on defense and aiding the enemy in time of war. Which lies? - making stuff up, huh? If your going to be "independent", first spell it correctly and then do some historical research before you develop an opinion. Bye.
@zzGRENDELzz -I apologize that my spelling errors offended you-How intelligent and impressive of you to point that out.Trust me when you look at things from the middle they look a lot different.I do not need and of your biased party based research to know that both republican and democrats alike engage in dirty politics.If you took off your rose colored democratic glasses things would different to you too.You will not recall anything that made your party look bad-and you call that being "aware"
@KLUNKET You must know me personally to have such a firm grasp of my politics ... which you don't. I don't recall Democratic wrong doing here because this vid is about Nixon. Duh.
Anyhow, strangers who presume to tel me what I think and know are a waste of my time, so.... Bye.
@zzGRENDELzz -I don't need to know you to see that you are all one sided. You made that PERFECTLY clear in a few short sentences...and you are the one trashing a DEAD MAN online for his political views rather than PRAISING him for his wonderful talent. I could personally care less who in the hell Jackie Gleason voted for at any point in his life. What matters to me is that he was an awesomely talented actor and comedian, and he devoted his life to entertaining folks like you and me. THE END
The only presidents I even vaguely admire were Washington, Lincoln, and FDR even with their faults...I don't particularly like Truman but anybody is better than Nixon except the second George Bush...and Obama stabbed all of us "liberals" in the back.
The only presidents I even vaguely admire were Washington, Lincoln, and FDR even with their faults...I don't particularly like Truman but anybody is better than Nixon except the second George Bush...and Obama stabbed all of us "liberals" in the back.
@Asskicker32294 ---I agree w/ what u say (except that I loved Truman, even if he wasnt the brightest). My beef with Obama is not that he is governing (or trying to) from the center, but that he is not standing up to the Repubs---the recent tax bill is prime example.
Only Nixon could go to China, Get us out of Viet Nam, House the poor (see HUD history), Keep the Stock market in check (Until Ford let it slip away), and start the decline of the Soviet Union before they killed us all. Too bad he lied to Federal prosecutors...could have been on cuurency.
@OHMR51 --well....in retrospect I always say Nixon wasnt a bad pres (foreigh policy was excellent, perhaps one of best ever) but the economy wasnt his strong pt. Inflation was out of control (maybe not his fault but you have to judge Pres by what he accomplishes) Stock market started going downhill in 73, when he was in office.
Thank you for your commnets Ass Kisser. To enjoy more of my sardonic parady humor, type Curious George Theme Song 1980s. Read comment of Travis the Crazy Chimp. Note, I'm logged in as another user. I little trick, most of this back and forth conversation bellow is just me talking to myself.
@MrJoeblowfromidaho By the way I didn't vote for anybody in the election. They both pledged allegiance to the criminal Likkud government of Israel and I vote for that type of whore
I wonder if nixon really took jackie to see aliens at a florida air force base...his widow stands by that story...I think i remember this political commercial...
Sorry, I meant to give you a thunbs-UP. Those who forget history are doomed to have it repeated to them!
Incidently, Nixon was a disaster & a fraud, because he thought domestic policy was just what one had to talk about @ election time to get a seat @ the global chess game.
America was in crisis all through his presidency, but he didn't take it seriously; while the Left (literally) took it seriously in the worst way.
Yes Homecomingtheplay, he was affaid if he sued Rumsfeld, he could wind up Guantanimo. He did consider demanding royalties from James Taylor for his song "How Sweet It Is." But he reconsidered.
Yes, and when on the onset of the Watergate scandal, Nixon fired Archibald Cox, leaving the White House, Cox was known to have uttered, "Gee, what a crouch!"
The following are some lines Gleason could have used:
I know President Johnson says the country is fine, how sweet it is, but I say Mr. President go into the cities, there are riots Mr. President, there are real riots! I know you've lead us is the Apollo but when I see how you've handled Vietnam I want to go pow right to the moon! So this November tell the Democrats it's time to get out! And elect Nixon, he'll solve things 'cause baby he's the greatest! Da da da da da da.
1968. By 1972 people had heard Nixon's views and didn't need to be "introduced" to him. The line "his time has come" refers to his loss against JFK while he was VP. In turn, in 1968 Nixon ran against VP Humphrey when Johnson decided not to run again. In 1972 Nixon ran against McGovern. Watergate was a weird idea because Nixon vs. McGovern wasn't even a contest, it was never going to be that close. That's how paranoid Nixon was. Gleason also made The Toy and The Sting 2, LOL.
@Gnillob802 ---Nixon ceertainly was paranoid, but during 1971, the polls had Ed Muskie beating Nixon. Economy was not doing well, Vietnam was dragging on, etc. Dirty tricks and black bag operations already being planned. Reason they went to such lengths to cover up a minor insignificant burglary was that the perpetrators could have come forward with the other stuff they had been involved in--such as Ellsberg breakin, which Nixon impliedly authorized. Nixon was afraid of this defeating him
@loyaldude10 None of what you stated is true but after this many years if you haven't been able to find the truth you never will. May I suggest expanding your reading.
Jackie Gleason shows his political intuition as being right-on. Years of trashing Richard Nixon has tainted the majority of people in the U.S., but, IMO, it would take 10 Jimmy Carters, 100 Bill Clintons, and 1000 Barak Obamas to make 1 Richard Nixon. None had the intelligence and foreign policy instinct that he did whether any of you like reading this or not.....TOO BAD!
you're so right. as we've seen nowadays, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Nixon was a great Statesman, and a brilliant mind. Boy, we could really use him now.
@museack -u r right. They can say what they want about Nixon, but he was one of the most intelligent Presidents, great strategist, and brilliant at foreign policy. But eceonomy is what usually wins or loses elections, and this was not his strong point
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Being a comedic genius, or any kind of genius for that matter, does not mean that someone has the wisdom, or character to make the correct decisions in all areas of life. It also does not predict the humanity in a person. Jackie Gleason, by all accounts, was a talented fellow, but often a total ass towards many people. A real funny performer though.
I have no idea why anyone would disagree with what you wrote, dram. Gleason, Hope, Carson, Groucho, Chaplin, Skelton... these great masters of comedy, who provided us with so many laughs, so many great memories... they were not so nice, unless a lot of people, especially biographers, are lying.
Hey, where can I find the ending credits of the Jackie Gleason Show....with the moonshine & palm trees in the background? That music is absolutely AWESOME!! And I remember seeing that each week when I was a young kid!
Hey luvthoseclips, I so agree with you. Ive looked for that ending credit on youtube but no one has it posted yet. Hearing sends a chill of nostalgia up my spine fro watching it as a kid in our childhood home. great days!
That's funny fluffydolly. I totally agree with you. At least Nixon didn't go globe trotting at the taxpayers expense denigrating his country in front of our sworn enemies.
MY how times have changed. We all know about the meglomania and coverup, yet this was a president who created the EPA, OSHA and Department of Education. He continued Johnson's great society through massive block grants (funding) for states. And utlimately, ended the Vietnam war. He made mistakes such as creating the HMO for profit healthcare industry, watergate and the secret surveillance of citizens, still overall a far more complex president worth a second look.
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Yeah, Nixon really was a tragic figure. You can't really speak his name without imagining him eating sweet potatoes out of a can, alone, on Christmas eve, grumbling about the snowfall and the faggot jew kikes controlling the niggers.
1968. It seems like Nixon was trying to emulate one of the few successes of the Goldwater campaign of '64; a famous male actor having a thoughtful and unapolegtic endorsement of Nixon, just like Reagan endorsed Goldwater.
The difference is, Reagan used his own themes while Gleason is just parroting the same (then-) tired themes of Nixon being experienced leader you should trust, themes Nixon had started the '60 campaign with. No way most viewers believe that he's speaking his own words.
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Where is the 9 BILLION in cash that bumbling idiot Bush sent to Iraq? What kind of brain dead fuckn idiot would think of sending 7 semi loads of fuckn cash into a war zone? President DUMBMOTHERFUCKER BUSH! Why don't all you mentally ill right wing trash spewing puss bags commit mass suicide and do the Country a favor.help us keep America beautiful dig a hole cut your throat and slide right in.Just do it!
The guy says Gleason smoked 6 packs a day and you attack him for being a liberal cause he has Obama in his name...gotta love these genuises bringing their politics to frickin' youtube! Lonely, are you?
That was an interesting ad.
1f5sda 1 month ago
good thing Nixon got in instead of RFK. He straightened out the disastrous foreign policy mistakes of Kennedy and Johnson.
andrelebaron 2 months ago
I'll take Nixon any day over what we've got now!
unclejuniorsoprano 3 months ago 6
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How sweet it wasn't!
TheTrh2130 3 months ago
I am Buford T. Justice OF TEXAS!!!
SkyCRP 3 months ago
Translation:Nixons people caught me in a seedy motel with a dead hooker.
theredpillxxx 4 months ago
People seem to forget that Nixon was the president who started the war on drugs. That was/is a HUGE blunder on his part and helped turn the prison system into a business where drugs are rampant. That one act kills any positives Nixon brought to the table. Also his foreign policy is overrated. Nixon and KIssenger helped open up china and look where that has gotten the west in the long run.
SuperStrik9 4 months ago 2
old ralph cramden id like to see him tell pat nixon "TO THE MOON" Like he did on the show
daved1974 5 months ago
Jackie Gleason is neither a Democrat or Republican in the United States of America of the Federal Republic. He is without a shadow of a doubt a member of the Scottish Rite and Knights Templar of the Financial Collector for the KKK.
That's who he really is!
mulkeywayproductions 5 months ago
@mulkeywayproductions Do you have the links to share?
latinvin 4 months ago
When he says "he sees It like it is," there is a faint cheer. Why?
kylemcgrath14 5 months ago
Everyone in history who wasn't a Democrat was a racists. In fact, the only cure for racism is to join the Democrat party. Forget the fact that the Southern Democrats refused to end slavery. Forget the fact that one of the longest serving U.S. Senators, Robert Byrd (D) was a former member of the KKK. Forget the fact that Margaret Sanger - founder, Planned Parenthood once said of blacks and immigrants: "...human weeds, reckless breeders, spawning... human beings who never should have been born."
BBCater 5 months ago
@BBCater Sanger also said Eastern and Southern Europeans and people of Celtic ancestry were subhuman...
latinvin 4 months ago
@respond2cowards I dont think Gleason was racist. Great actor tho w/ Honeymooners.
kylemcgrath14 5 months ago
@respond2cowards how was that?
floridaman2000 6 months ago
I would've thought he would vote for JFK, he was always talking about reaching the moon.
ChristlicherKrieger3 6 months ago
Dick Nixon before he dicks you!
srercrcr 6 months ago
Wifebeaters vote Republican.
ReligiousZombie 7 months ago
And just what in the sam hell did we need him for? We already had our share of criminals both in the slammer and walking the streets. Why the hell did we need one in the white house? This is proof that one need not pay attention to celebrity figures when it comes to politics. The republican pary hasn't changed a bit.
therearenogodsatall 7 months ago
She-eesh! What a grouch! Ironically, it was the Democrats who sent people to the Moon! Maybe if Gleason hadn't been such a raging drunk and egomaniac, he wouldn't have been such a Republican.
UncleMikeNJ 8 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ Not that it makes a diff, but the space program was devised under the charge of Ike and his VP Nixon. And I do believe Mr. Nixon was also the President when we landed on the moon; although I am not taking credit away from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations for their enormous contributions to the effort, I am merely stating there credit should be rightly spread around.
booksmart115 7 months ago
@booksmart115 Yes, Ike signed the bill that created NASA. That bill was written by the Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson. Whatever he really did, good or bad, Nixon had as much to do with putting a man on the Moon as Jackie Gleason did -- in real life, anyway.
UncleMikeNJ 7 months ago
'68 sure was a close one. This video shows that The GOP can shut the fuck up about celebraties never endorsing them.
mr19932001 8 months ago
POW !! Right in the kisser!
Loved those wild one-liners from Jackie.
cheeriosinabowl 8 months ago
Dick Nixon was a trend setter ever since him we have had nothing but nit wits in politics
jobedied 8 months ago
America needs DICK! LOL.
Thejbirdy 8 months ago
how wrong was he!!
TheBebogirl123 8 months ago
@TheBebogirl123 I love Gleason but I have to agree with you.
RealTime88 7 months ago
RIP Jackie Gleason!
1f5sda 9 months ago
This is Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Texas
poodle720 9 months ago
Oops!
Baztacula 10 months ago
Excrutiating. If you couldn't pick Gleason as a Republican (no temporary side tracking to celebrity Democrats like Sinatra before embracing the big money party that represented your class) you would have to have been schooled by Ed Norton. At least with Nixon you were going to the moon.
winifredatwell 10 months ago
And I'm callin' Bellevue 'cause you're nuts!
sonmor 11 months ago
POW!!! RIGHT IN THE KISSA! :P
paperhandsunion 11 months ago
Jackie what the hell's the matter with you??
windstorm1000 11 months ago
I never knew Jackie Gleason was a Republican.
Archangel101576 1 year ago 2
@Archangel101576 Gleason;like his friends Bogart & Cagney; were HARD CORE DEMOCRATS: Bogart-up until his death. Cagney: until Reagan ran for office. I didn't know until this clip that Gleason switched.
skreemitz65 2 months ago
how sweet that an old drunk stands up for his buddy
mattboy1981 1 year ago
this 68 or 72?
Franz1987 1 year ago
Was this 1960 or 1968. I think that it is 1968, because there seem to be some references to 1960, but I'm still not sure.
thenutintheushanka18 1 year ago
@thenutintheushanka18 1968. I remember when Gleason gave this speech at the conclusion of one of his TV broadcasts. Also, he speaks of "the last four years," which was a reference to Lyndon Johnson's presidency. If this had been 1960, Eisenhower would have been the President, and Gleason would not have referred to Ike in that manner.
mindspring57 1 year ago
@tigerfan1984 Yeah I see that and I think the fact that people vote is important. I wonder why Gleason liked Nixon though. I'm a little curious.
RealTime88 1 year ago
@RealTime88 The option was Hubert Humphrey who was part of LBJ's self-proclaimed failed term. Don't forget Richard Nixon's first term was a success and I suppose one could say without Watergate his second term would have been a success considering that even Watergate didn't cause an adverse affect on the management of the country. So I think your question should be, what wouldn't he have liked?
Ramubay 1 year ago
@Ramubay Well when you say Hubert Humphrey it makes sense. I liked LBJ and I think without Vietnam he would have had run in 1968 but would he have beaten Nixon? I can't say. Do you think Nixon did the right thing by continuning Vietnam? If I were president my first mission would have been ending that war. No sarcasm please I'm only asking an honest question.
RealTime88 1 year ago
@RealTime88 Well he did try to end the war...by winning it. When that didn't work he brought the troups home. But you have to remember that the Soviet Union was trying to topple countries one at a time and it was important to at least try to halt that. The last time when the U.S. sat on their butts letting this happen we had WW2 to fight. And also don't forget that the U.S. signed a treaty with France after WW2 that dictated that we go in their to begin with.
Ramubay 1 year ago
@Ramubay It was a mess he should have ended in 1968 hell LBJ should have put a stop to it to, but other than that LBJ is a favorite of mine. America has to stop being the world's policeman. We should only be lending a hand to countries who have a close relationship to us like maybe our neighbors Haiti.
RealTime88 1 year ago
@RealTime88 Your exact arguments were made by those that opposed the US from going into WW2 and fighting Hitler. Exact arguments. Of course they all clammed up years later because they learned they were wrong. Which makes you at least 60 years behind the loop.
Ramubay 1 year ago
@Ramubay I thought we began saying stop being the world's policeman AFTER WWII when we tried to get other communist countries to change their ways. America is always slow at progress. Civil rights, war, healthcare, etc.
RealTime88 1 year ago
@RealTime88 Go back and study your history books. Do you even have a clue why American bases are posted around the world or who gave them permission to do so? These are important things to do which apparently you don't. Aren't you familiar with any of the pacts made by other countries such as the one Truman made with France that dictated we help in the First Indochina War (later Vietnam War). Are you seriously telling me you aren't familiar with any of this?
Ramubay 1 year ago
@RealTime88 AFTER WWII was when the United States DID become the policeman of the world. I would suggest you bone up on world history. Do you really think Japan would be allowed to continue right after WW2 without an American base? Same with Germany? Most countries couldn't afford to protect themselves against WW3 let alone have the ability. If the U.S. hadn't been the policeman of the world since WW2, the Soviet Union certainly would have caused WW3.
Ramubay 1 year ago
@RealTime88 ---Vietnam war is what killed LBJ. Of course he would have beaten Nixon if not for it. Nixon should not have escalated war they way he did but he did not want to be the1st US Pres to lose a war.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 Yes, Vietnam killed him, but also remember that JFK was perhaps even more committed to victory in Vietnam than Johnson(and certainly more than Nixon.).
thenutintheushanka18 1 year ago
@thenutintheushanka18 --true. JFK wisely wanted to keep Communists in check in Asia, and prevent their encroachment in latin America. But had he lived for 2d term, he prob would have reached a resolution (even if temporary) of the war, rather than to escalate it as did LBJ.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 JFK wanted a lot of things, but he was largely ineffective. His perceived weakness allowed the Soviets to build the Berlin Wall. He failed to support the Bay of Pigs invasion properly (if you are going do something like that, do it right or not at all), and he accomplished next to nothing on civil rights. Anything beneficial that was accomplished was done by LBJ. Sad to say, the best thing for Kennedy's reputation was what happened in Dallas.
mindspring57 1 year ago
@mindspring57 ---u make good points. Bay of Pigs was terrible, foolish mistake. But JFK handling of Cuban missile crisis was brilliant. JFK was reluctant to push hard for civil rts for fear of alienating the South, which was still Democratic then. But u wouldnt expect US to go to war over Soviets building Berlin wall. Berlin air lift was a good response. After JFK killed, many people seemed more willing to push harder for civil rts bill in his memory. But LBJ did get it done--gotta give credit.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 yea Nixon's attitude was sort of " now that I'm president, it's time to do things the RIGHT way", but by that point it was way too late. I'm not sure if i agree on your assessment that LBJ was committed to victory in Vietnam. He fought the war with one hand tied behind his back. "we seek no wider war." He might have been committed to victory in theory, but in practice it sure as heck didn't look like it.
tachikoma747 10 months ago
There ain't nothin' like receiving an endorsement from a wifebeater.
ReligiousZombie 1 year ago
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ReligiousZombie 1 year ago
Nixon the Crook.
John Lennon for president. '68
RastafariPoet 1 year ago
Turned out we needed nixon like we needed a hole in our heads!
mytubejm 1 year ago
@mytubejm The country was in bad condition. Johnson tried to buy votes from the blacks with his social programs, but all he got was burning cities. He escalated the Vietnam War and failed to seek military victory. He was ineffective when North Korea seized the Pueblo. The Supreme Court dismantled our society by overruling judicial decisions of long standing. Republican Eisenhower appointed Warren, but Kennedy and Johnson appointed Goldberg, Fortas, and Marshall. Change was needed.
mindspring57 1 year ago
this was 68' i take it.
to the moon!!!!!!!!
TeslaDRay 1 year ago
Generally, politics is not my thing, but thanks for that upload.
1f5sda 1 year ago
Don't blame me, I voted Wallace.
Cakerolled 1 year ago
And for this, Nixon show Gleason the secret lab at area 41 with the dead space aliens. This was quoted by his widow after he died. His house was called the mothership, it looked like a UFO.
bigtool66 1 year ago
BOY were you wrong on that one Jackie! lol
scorpionkings 1 year ago
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
oldmusic1 1 year ago
@oldmusic1 Substitute George Bush for Barack Obama and your comment makes sense. What the hell planet have you been living on?
penn4644 1 year ago
@oldmusic1 Barack Obama was elected President only because George Bush is a moron, John McCain is a senile old fool lacking in moral character, and the Republicans in Congress, as a rule, are corrupt. McCain cheated on his first wife and dumped her so he could marry a richer and younger women. Poor confused John does not even know how many houses he owns. Answer = zero. The rich young hussy keeps the property under her control.
mindspring57 1 year ago
@mindspring57 --I voted for Obama, but ur coments are on the $ (esp re Bush and Repubs)
loyaldude10 1 year ago
Yeah Nixon sure turned out to be a great president (eyes rolling).
JohnnyLeuthard 1 year ago
@JohnnyLeuthard He sure did, going to Soviet Russia and Red China and ending the Vietnam War.
JuanMacready 1 year ago
I join the others here who have commented in a positive way about how the late great Mr Gleason here urged every potential voter to not just take his word for it but to actually listen to what the candidate Nixon had to say & then to make up their own minds. Oh, how I wish we had more positive campaigning like that in today's world! If only more candidates today would focus more on what THEY would do to change things instead of spending so much time tearing down their opponents!
JubalCalif 1 year ago
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MiamiIndianTribe 1 year ago
I thought that Republicans hated it when celebs made uninformed partisan statements about politics?
Oh yea, that's only when the celeb is a liberal. If they are conservative they draft them to run like Reagen, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy (he played Gofer or Goober whatever his name was on The Love Boat) Arnold Schwarzenegger, ect.
brifitz1980 1 year ago 2
Russian Archive's PROVE RMN was correct.
Read a review of the 1991 book "Silent Coupe"
RMN real problem was he gave the left everything while working right away to get our young men out of S.E. Asia that the POS LBJ got US into with the Tonkin INSANE LIES.
NIXON should have gone after the media and the left IMO
Nationsnotregimes 1 year ago
@Nationsnotregimes
Joseph P. McCarthy
Was a hard working Country who came up with his bare hands and excellent to spirit to achieve all he could and was a sitting Judge at 33.
Pearl Harbor treason happened and Joe McCarthy Enlisted right away and he was excempt from being drafted.
Joseph P. McCarthy Never Took any filthy Leftist Marxist rights away from any one.
Nor gave US a police state like____
Nationsnotregimes 1 year ago
We needed something and lemme tell you, WE GOT DICK!
mypalrocco 1 year ago
God Bless you Jackie, you were a great patriot! We in Brooklyn, New York are proud to say you were a son of Brooklyn.
coltjb 1 year ago
So disappointing, Jackie...
Nixon was a known slanderer and weasel from way back, even by Republican standards. If Jackie had come out for Goldwater I could understand, but Tricky Dick?
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz Hindsight is 20/20. You are using history to base your opinion. Gleason did not have a magic crystal ball to predict the future.
uofjim 1 year ago
@uofjim - Wrong, the word was out on Nixon and his smear tactics as early as 1950. We have guys like him and McCarthy to thank for the type of political fights we have today, we're it's not enough to say the adversary has poor ideas, but they are traitors and Godless.
Nixon slung many low-blows in his early campaigns and the people he ran against and their supporters remembered.
Jackie's opinion speaks to either a major blind-spot, payola or a bad heart.
Pity.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz-That is a pretty bold statement,that we have guys like Nixon and McCarthy to thank for the dirty politics we have today...so are we reverting to the "monkey see monkey do" mentality?Just because certain politicians of the past may have fought dirty,does that really mean that today's politicians have to follow that same path?It is thier personal choice to engage in those actions and they ALONE must take responsibility for that! Enough of the "blame everything on someone else" mindset
KLUNKET 1 year ago
@KLUNKET Not bold - historical fact. Just follow the chain, the 'family tree' if you will. I never said we must blame only them - but they set the mold for guys like Gingrich. Now most right wing politicians allow radio shock jocks and FOX news do their dirty work, the smart ones anyway. The stupid ones just keep spouting bile.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@ klunket: I don't know - do they HAVE to follow it? Certainly not. But there is a 'holier than thou' mentality (which is also why average Muslims don't criticise extremist mullahs) . Once one person claims the top perch of "patriotism" everyone else may feel the need to climb up there too, even and especially if that means knocking over and smearing everyone else to get there.
That's been the Republican tactic since end of WW2. Read some history to understand why. Too much info for here.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz- you mention republicans, but democrats take place in these types of politics and they do it OFTEN. You are just shooting down a party, your not speaking historical fact. You are making up historical fact that better suits you. Oh and let the AM radio shock jocks and Fox news have thier say, liberals have THE REST OF THE ENTIRE MEDIA- Hollywood, and EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY to spawn its lies. I am independant, and can find horror in both parties-why can't you?
KLUNKET 1 year ago
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zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@KLUNKET I don't recall any instance in the 30 years I've been politically aware plus the other 40 that I've studied where a Democrat has accused a Republican of being a dirty red pinko commie and it's been over 45 years since a Democrat has accused a Republican of being soft on defense and aiding the enemy in time of war. Which lies? - making stuff up, huh? If your going to be "independent", first spell it correctly and then do some historical research before you develop an opinion. Bye.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz -I apologize that my spelling errors offended you-How intelligent and impressive of you to point that out.Trust me when you look at things from the middle they look a lot different.I do not need and of your biased party based research to know that both republican and democrats alike engage in dirty politics.If you took off your rose colored democratic glasses things would different to you too.You will not recall anything that made your party look bad-and you call that being "aware"
KLUNKET 1 year ago
@KLUNKET You must know me personally to have such a firm grasp of my politics ... which you don't. I don't recall Democratic wrong doing here because this vid is about Nixon. Duh.
Anyhow, strangers who presume to tel me what I think and know are a waste of my time, so.... Bye.
zzGRENDELzz 1 year ago
@zzGRENDELzz -I don't need to know you to see that you are all one sided. You made that PERFECTLY clear in a few short sentences...and you are the one trashing a DEAD MAN online for his political views rather than PRAISING him for his wonderful talent. I could personally care less who in the hell Jackie Gleason voted for at any point in his life. What matters to me is that he was an awesomely talented actor and comedian, and he devoted his life to entertaining folks like you and me. THE END
KLUNKET 1 year ago 6
Jackie Gleason was a Republican untill his death.
v19d 1 year ago 2
Dick Nixon, a Rat Fink
mikehub2 1 year ago
@mikehub2 you pussy
greeniem 1 year ago
OOPS!!! Couldn't have been more WRONG, eh Jacko?
nosleep62 1 year ago
The only presidents I even vaguely admire were Washington, Lincoln, and FDR even with their faults...I don't particularly like Truman but anybody is better than Nixon except the second George Bush...and Obama stabbed all of us "liberals" in the back.
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
The only presidents I even vaguely admire were Washington, Lincoln, and FDR even with their faults...I don't particularly like Truman but anybody is better than Nixon except the second George Bush...and Obama stabbed all of us "liberals" in the back.
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
@Asskicker32294 ---I agree w/ what u say (except that I loved Truman, even if he wasnt the brightest). My beef with Obama is not that he is governing (or trying to) from the center, but that he is not standing up to the Repubs---the recent tax bill is prime example.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
Only Nixon could go to China, Get us out of Viet Nam, House the poor (see HUD history), Keep the Stock market in check (Until Ford let it slip away), and start the decline of the Soviet Union before they killed us all. Too bad he lied to Federal prosecutors...could have been on cuurency.
OHMR51 1 year ago
@OHMR51 --well....in retrospect I always say Nixon wasnt a bad pres (foreigh policy was excellent, perhaps one of best ever) but the economy wasnt his strong pt. Inflation was out of control (maybe not his fault but you have to judge Pres by what he accomplishes) Stock market started going downhill in 73, when he was in office.
loyaldude10 10 months ago
"one of these days!! one of these Days!!...BANG ZOOM!"
00Rooster4Life00 1 year ago
What a jackass Gleason made of himself: "Don't worry about what others say Nixon said...listen to him..." Ha Ha Ha! Listen to the lying crook!
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
Thank you for your commnets Ass Kisser. To enjoy more of my sardonic parady humor, type Curious George Theme Song 1980s. Read comment of Travis the Crazy Chimp. Note, I'm logged in as another user. I little trick, most of this back and forth conversation bellow is just me talking to myself.
yourresumepartners1 1 year ago
I'm something of a Mr. Sardonicus myself your misery pardoner...keep up the bad work...Ha!
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
@Asskicker32294 Not half the jackass you were for voting for Nobama.
MrJoeblowfromidaho 1 year ago
@MrJoeblowfromidaho So you are still carrying a torch for Nixon?
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
@MrJoeblowfromidaho By the way I didn't vote for anybody in the election. They both pledged allegiance to the criminal Likkud government of Israel and I vote for that type of whore
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
@Asskicker32294 truman was the worst president in the 20th century
mavivirgie 1 year ago
@mavivirgie --what do u base that statement on? Truman had balls and prnciples.
loyaldude10 1 year ago
Neil Simon worked for Gleason and said he didn't learn a thing from him
septip123 1 year ago
I wonder if nixon really took jackie to see aliens at a florida air force base...his widow stands by that story...I think i remember this political commercial...
Robo1415 1 year ago
@JonNorCal916
Sorry, I meant to give you a thunbs-UP. Those who forget history are doomed to have it repeated to them!
Incidently, Nixon was a disaster & a fraud, because he thought domestic policy was just what one had to talk about @ election time to get a seat @ the global chess game.
America was in crisis all through his presidency, but he didn't take it seriously; while the Left (literally) took it seriously in the worst way.
Jacobite4 2 years ago
If presidents got the celebrity endorsements they deserve:
Clinton would get Warren Beatty
Bush would get Jeff Foxworthy
Obama would get Byron Allen.
Jacobite4 2 years ago 4
And that convinced Walter Cronkite to drop his suit against Celine Dion for using "That the Way It Is."
177602 2 years ago 6
Yes Homecomingtheplay, he was affaid if he sued Rumsfeld, he could wind up Guantanimo. He did consider demanding royalties from James Taylor for his song "How Sweet It Is." But he reconsidered.
how2record 2 years ago 4
Yes, and when on the onset of the Watergate scandal, Nixon fired Archibald Cox, leaving the White House, Cox was known to have uttered, "Gee, what a crouch!"
177602 2 years ago 6
Yes 177602, but when Nixon was caught with Watergate, Gleason said, bah humina humina, humina.
P.S. When Donald Rumsfeld said of the terrorists, "They don't know we know what they know" Gleason could have sued for royalties.
homecomingtheplay 2 years ago 9
The following are some lines Gleason could have used:
I know President Johnson says the country is fine, how sweet it is, but I say Mr. President go into the cities, there are riots Mr. President, there are real riots! I know you've lead us is the Apollo but when I see how you've handled Vietnam I want to go pow right to the moon! So this November tell the Democrats it's time to get out! And elect Nixon, he'll solve things 'cause baby he's the greatest! Da da da da da da.
177602 2 years ago 10
@177602 Thank you for that...funny stuff.
Asskicker32294 1 year ago
@177602 you're retarded
jpwjr1199 10 months ago
and what a disaster nixon was
aycharecife 2 years ago
Good thing David Frost brought Nixon down for the fraud he was.
RealTime88 2 years ago
David Frost didn't bring Nixon down. Quit getting your history from movies and check the facts you fucking retard!
TheRogueJoker 2 years ago 3
Nixon was a great President. Watergate did not need to occur- McGovern???? WTF??? Tragic that Watergate happened.
paratrooper629 2 years ago
was this for the '68 campaign or the '72 campaign?
tbuzby 2 years ago
1968. By 1972 people had heard Nixon's views and didn't need to be "introduced" to him. The line "his time has come" refers to his loss against JFK while he was VP. In turn, in 1968 Nixon ran against VP Humphrey when Johnson decided not to run again. In 1972 Nixon ran against McGovern. Watergate was a weird idea because Nixon vs. McGovern wasn't even a contest, it was never going to be that close. That's how paranoid Nixon was. Gleason also made The Toy and The Sting 2, LOL.
Gnillob802 2 years ago
@Gnillob802 ---Nixon ceertainly was paranoid, but during 1971, the polls had Ed Muskie beating Nixon. Economy was not doing well, Vietnam was dragging on, etc. Dirty tricks and black bag operations already being planned. Reason they went to such lengths to cover up a minor insignificant burglary was that the perpetrators could have come forward with the other stuff they had been involved in--such as Ellsberg breakin, which Nixon impliedly authorized. Nixon was afraid of this defeating him
loyaldude10 1 year ago
@loyaldude10 None of what you stated is true but after this many years if you haven't been able to find the truth you never will. May I suggest expanding your reading.
Gnillob802 1 year ago
doublejax wrote: "We need a Dick in the white house!"
We have one now.
museack 2 years ago 2
we've had one for as long as I can remember
red05hemi 2 years ago
a mistake you made but i still love ya
RENTAMOB1 2 years ago
Jackie Gleason shows his political intuition as being right-on. Years of trashing Richard Nixon has tainted the majority of people in the U.S., but, IMO, it would take 10 Jimmy Carters, 100 Bill Clintons, and 1000 Barak Obamas to make 1 Richard Nixon. None had the intelligence and foreign policy instinct that he did whether any of you like reading this or not.....TOO BAD!
museack 2 years ago 3
you're so right. as we've seen nowadays, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Nixon was a great Statesman, and a brilliant mind. Boy, we could really use him now.
vinceman 2 years ago 3
@museack -u r right. They can say what they want about Nixon, but he was one of the most intelligent Presidents, great strategist, and brilliant at foreign policy. But eceonomy is what usually wins or loses elections, and this was not his strong point
loyaldude10 1 year ago
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big mistake
CK1223 2 years ago
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Being a comedic genius, or any kind of genius for that matter, does not mean that someone has the wisdom, or character to make the correct decisions in all areas of life. It also does not predict the humanity in a person. Jackie Gleason, by all accounts, was a talented fellow, but often a total ass towards many people. A real funny performer though.
dramusic 2 years ago
I have no idea why anyone would disagree with what you wrote, dram. Gleason, Hope, Carson, Groucho, Chaplin, Skelton... these great masters of comedy, who provided us with so many laughs, so many great memories... they were not so nice, unless a lot of people, especially biographers, are lying.
defundthewar 2 years ago
Biographers lying? Hmmm, you think?
....well duh!
Gnillob802 2 years ago
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This is so sad...
Yoseman1 2 years ago
It's an odd friendship they had, Nixon and Gleason. Nixon wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs.
defundthewar 2 years ago
Very classy on how he told people to make up their own minds rather then go into a pile of slanderous bullshit like celebrities do nowadays.
RIP JACKIE!
Z0hann 2 years ago 24
Hey, where can I find the ending credits of the Jackie Gleason Show....with the moonshine & palm trees in the background? That music is absolutely AWESOME!! And I remember seeing that each week when I was a young kid!
luvthoseclips 2 years ago
Hey luvthoseclips, I so agree with you. Ive looked for that ending credit on youtube but no one has it posted yet. Hearing sends a chill of nostalgia up my spine fro watching it as a kid in our childhood home. great days!
OldMrMemories 2 years ago
Yeah, and he was not a crook! hahahahaha....
fredxtini1 2 years ago
nixon was a choir boy compared to obama.
fluffydolly 2 years ago 5
That's funny fluffydolly. I totally agree with you. At least Nixon didn't go globe trotting at the taxpayers expense denigrating his country in front of our sworn enemies.
museack 2 years ago 5
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Jackie Gleason was an IDIOT.
Timothy1075 2 years ago
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Nixon, whatta Dick!
natestorm 2 years ago
He's got a BIGGGG MOUTH !!!!!
DaleInSales5 2 years ago 4
Nixon was decent enough, but Wallace would've been better.
mikecleona 2 years ago
Nixon's head for President!!! 3000!!
jemmytaveras 2 years ago 6
Nah, Bender for Pres!
tab1990 2 years ago 5
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Wow Gleason was as dumb as his Ralph Kramden character.
misplacednewyawker 2 years ago
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yeah - ouch. republicans are fucktards...
sidewalkpilot 2 years ago
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Obama could not shine Nixon's or Gleason's shoes.
tallpaul521 2 years ago
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Doesn't that sound a bit racist?
ejr23 2 years ago
"We need a Dick in the white house!"
LOL
doublejax 2 years ago 4
Just because you "heard that" that automatically makes it true?
MIKESOWELL 2 years ago
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How very ironic and appropriate for Nixon to have a comedian support him.
Ahh poor Nixon. Dead and gone all this time and the world still loves to bash you.
DiAmbrose 2 years ago
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gallantman44 2 years ago
Funny as hell. Great line
phausser 2 years ago
MY how times have changed. We all know about the meglomania and coverup, yet this was a president who created the EPA, OSHA and Department of Education. He continued Johnson's great society through massive block grants (funding) for states. And utlimately, ended the Vietnam war. He made mistakes such as creating the HMO for profit healthcare industry, watergate and the secret surveillance of citizens, still overall a far more complex president worth a second look.
SOLISDEUS 2 years ago 5
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Yeah, Nixon really was a tragic figure. You can't really speak his name without imagining him eating sweet potatoes out of a can, alone, on Christmas eve, grumbling about the snowfall and the faggot jew kikes controlling the niggers.
LAVATORR 2 years ago
we all make mistake
Ilovelucyclassics 2 years ago
1968. It seems like Nixon was trying to emulate one of the few successes of the Goldwater campaign of '64; a famous male actor having a thoughtful and unapolegtic endorsement of Nixon, just like Reagan endorsed Goldwater.
The difference is, Reagan used his own themes while Gleason is just parroting the same (then-) tired themes of Nixon being experienced leader you should trust, themes Nixon had started the '60 campaign with. No way most viewers believe that he's speaking his own words.
VeeFord 3 years ago 2
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Where is the 9 BILLION in cash that bumbling idiot Bush sent to Iraq? What kind of brain dead fuckn idiot would think of sending 7 semi loads of fuckn cash into a war zone? President DUMBMOTHERFUCKER BUSH! Why don't all you mentally ill right wing trash spewing puss bags commit mass suicide and do the Country a favor.help us keep America beautiful dig a hole cut your throat and slide right in.Just do it!
kevsart 3 years ago
how ironic this is!
fldoughboy72 3 years ago
He has said he was shown alien bodies at roswell
zigzagbigbag 3 years ago
Jackie Gleason smoked 6 packs of cigarettes a day.
ObamaRules4Ever 3 years ago
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NoMoSpam 3 years ago
The guy says Gleason smoked 6 packs a day and you attack him for being a liberal cause he has Obama in his name...gotta love these genuises bringing their politics to frickin' youtube! Lonely, are you?
potaluca 3 years ago
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NoMoSpam 3 years ago
Go put on your jack boots and lower everyone to your level of ignorance, if you're not too tired of 8 years of ruining our country.
And practice your comebacks...they're really weak.
potaluca 3 years ago
How many does Obama smoke. He like the nose candy too.
stang661 3 years ago
He's quit now.
ObamaRules4Ever 3 years ago