If I had a genie in a lamp, wish #1 would be a beer with Richard Nixon, TONIGHT

[Miles Archer]

Nothing diminishes what Nixon did, but holy crap, what would he be thinking tonight?

1). FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED TWICE

2). FIRST FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE INDICTED

...and Georgia and the DOJ are still in progress.

I really wish we could have Walter Cronkite AND Dick Nixon back for ONE NIGHT for an interview.

[mopinko]

1. can we invite david frost?

lol. i had to see if he was still with us. i want to know the story behind this-

31 August 2013 (aged 74) MS Queen Elizabeth, Mediterranean Sea

[Miles Archer]

2. Yeah, I forgot about David Frost...

...he would HAVE to be there.

[regnaD kciN]

3. This will have to suffice...

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=M8qelV1sUGi_0A6ljc44DA

[Miles Archer]

4. Love it.

Thanks for posting it.

[crickets]

6. Okay, that got a good laugh. 😆

[Bristlecone]

9. That is excellent

[gratuitous]

5. Depending on whether you have it at your place or his

I hope you like warm beer.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

7. Could Nixon's "beer" be warm for more than one reason?

[WarGamer]

8. If I had the same Genie...

I'd start by asking the Genie for one more day (or infinite life?) with my beloved dog that passed away unexpectedly 3 weeks ago...

But #2 and #3??

I'll take a dinner with (assuming translation) Alexander the Great... and historical Jesus to find out how much/any of the 2000 years of storytelling is lore or fact.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

10. My condolences.

From one of my favorite poets:

The House Dog’s Grave

I’ve changed my ways a little; I cannot now
Run with you in the evenings along the shore,
Except in a kind of dream; and you, if you dream a moment,
You see me there.

So leave awhile the paw-marks on the front door
Where I used to scratch to go out or in,
And you’d soon open; leave on the kitchen floor
The marks of my drinking pan.

I cannot lie by your fire as I used to do
On the warm stone,
Nor at the foot of your bed; no, all the night through
I lie alone.

But your kind thought has laid me less than six feet
Outside your window where firelight so often plays,
And where you sit to read–and I fear often grieving for me–
Every night your lamplight lies on my place.

You, man and woman, live so long, it is hard
To think of you ever dying
A little dog would get tired, living so long.
I hope than when you are lying

Under the ground like me your lives will appear
As good and joyful as mine.
No, dear, that’s too much hope: you are not so well cared for
As I have been.

And never have known the passionate undivided
Fidelities that I knew.
Your minds are perhaps too active, too many-sided. . . .
But to me you were true.

You were never masters, but friends. I was your friend.
I loved you well, and was loved. Deep love endures
To the end and far past the end. If this is my end,

I am not lonely. I am not afraid. I am still yours.

Robinson Jeffers, 1941

[WarGamer]

11. sigh... damn this is tough.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

12. I've been their man.

It hurts.

[WarGamer]

13. I'm almost 60...

We've had 2 Great Danes, a Boxer and 3 Dogue de Bordeaux since 1993 and this one stings hard...

It was my first male dog in 20 years and male dogs form a different kind of bond than female dogs do...

And for the first time, I'm not sure if I want another...

And thanks for the kind words!!

[Just A Box Of Rain]

14. I have a beautiful 9 year old (intact) male Vizsla sleeping at my feet.

He's still in incredible condition, lean and muscular (raw fed), but his muzzle is begging to show a little grey (we Vizsla people call it "sugar face" ) and I know the day will come.

It will gut me.