21 October 2016

Political laughter

Time has an article by Cady Lang about the speeches at the Al Smith dinner; Rico says it's the old Nixon line: why are these people laughing?




See if you can spot the actual explanation below: 
1) Nixon has learned of the positive public-opinion polls following his Checkers speech.
2) He has just been told he won the Republican nomination in 1960.
3) He has just found out that his Chinese diplomacy has resulted in the first Coca-Cola franchise in that country.
4) Pat Nixon has just okayed a threesome with Rose Mary Woods.
5) After Nixon said "Washington is full of Jews," and "Most Jews are disloyal," and "You can't trust the bastards," and "They turn on you," and "The IRS is full of Jews," and "Every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish," and "What the Christ is the matter with the Jews," and "Go after them like a son of a bitch," Henry Kissinger replied: "There's something I think you should know about me." Nixon said: "What's that, Henry?" Kissinger said: "I agree with you a hundred percent."
6) Daniel Ellsberg just showed him his "Sworn to Fun, Loyal to None" tattoo.
7) He's not actually laughing. Careful examination reveals that this photo has been doctored, perhaps by the same operatives who manufactured the infamous Oswald with rifle and Hang in there, baby images. Note how Nixon's left temple and right jaw are both in shadow (an optical impossibility), and how he appears to be laughing. This composite photo was part of a black-ops campaign, ultimately futile, to convince the American public that Richard Nixon had the capacity for joy. In fact, Nixon was known to have laughed only once in his life, during childhood, at a particularly clever Fatty Arbuckle short.
8) Fidel Castro just told Nixon the following joke: "How many Cubans does it take to screw in a lightbulb? None, because lightbulbs are made by imperialist pigs. The Cuban people require no electricity to keep the party burning brightly through eternity."
9) Nixon has just been been told he would receive his rightful throne, the papist usurper would get his, and he would have the power to destroy his enemies, so many of them Jews. At the last moment, suspecting treachery, he made a final demand: He would also win reelection. His negotiating adversary chuckled, caught. Then he told a joke, something about God taking his only begotten son to a Mexican whorehouse, and Nixon laughed as he signed in red.
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