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The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:42 pm
by Mikey
Saw this story this morning and it brought a few chuckles, so I thought I'd share it.
If you don't like it, GFY.
Picture of Elvis and Nixon is worth a thousand words
Behind the famous photo is a little-known story of an unlikely meeting in which the king of rock 'n' roll had his wish granted by the president.
By Faye Fiore
January 14, 2010
Reporting from Washington
The National Archives is like a safe-deposit box for America's really important papers -- the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the $7.2-million canceled check for the purchase of Alaska, the picture of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley shaking hands in the Oval Office.
Copies of that photo -- the president in his charcoal suit, the king of rock 'n' roll in his purple velvet cape -- are requested more than just about any of the archives' treasures, including the Constitution.
Yet the story that led to their improbable meeting on Dec. 21, 1970, is as little-known as the picture is famous. In honor of Elvis' 75th birthday last week, one of the president's men, Egil "Bud" Krogh, and one of the king's most trusted friends, Jerry Schilling, met for the first time in almost 40 years at the National Archives to recount the day Elvis came to Washington. A crowd waited in the frigid cold for a seat. (Even in the imperious capital, Elvis can still pack a house.)
It wasn't the glitzy birthday party other cities threw, no giant birthday cards, all-night film festivals or flashy displays of the white jumpsuit called "Snowflake." An Elvis exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery is more Washington's speed. As was this forum, which offered an hourlong window into a simpler time, before Watergate or terrorist attacks, when the world's most famous man asked the world's most powerful one to grant him a wish, and got it.
the rest of the story...
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:01 pm
by Mikey
Yeah, that probably wouldn't happen today.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:27 pm
by ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2
Mikey wrote:Yeah, that probably wouldn't happen today.
It's not as far-fetched as you think... given this administration has already seen some White House crashers, the POTUS loves hoops, and the Wizards are the city's home team.
See.
I could totally see Obama chest bumping Gilbert Arenas and then being presented with some sort of firearm to commemorate their time together.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:51 pm
by Cuda
Elvis did the best he could to keep drugs off the street, but he couldn't take them all himself
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:01 pm
by Wolfman
Say what you want. For some time Elvis was the highest paying taxpayer in the US as he thought it was his duty. He didn't shirk his draft notice and served his nation in the US Army. Later on he would visit those hurting in military hospitals with little or no fanfare. He wasn't a total waste.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:09 pm
by ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2
Wolfman wrote:He wa
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Who in the fuck is saying this...
exactly? He was the fucking King, for Chrissakes.
Die.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:15 pm
by PSUFAN
Cuda wrote:Elvis did the best he could to keep drugs off the street, but he couldn't take them all himself
You probably Ctrl-Cuda'ed that one, but I'll RACK it anyway...
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:40 pm
by Diogenes
Screw_Michigan wrote:Wolfman wrote:For some time Elvis was the highest paying taxpayer in the US as he thought it was his duty.
Elvis would never be accepted into today's GOP with that attitude.
Bullshit.
But the Dems would never accept him. He was generous with his own money, not everyone else's.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:57 pm
by LTS TRN 2
What do you mean "bullshit" (with unnecessary bold type)? You know the bed rock GOP platform is to eliminate all corporate tax, and as much personal tax as possible. What are you disputing? You forgot to say, as usual.
Elvis was also blotto when he met Nixon, but that to which we can all relate is how much he was robbed by his manager, "Col." Tom Parker. Substitute (your picture here) for the King, and Alan Greenspan for the (GOP) Colonel, and you'll have a accurate if rash recapitulation of what's occurred over the past few years.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:00 pm
by Diogenes
LTS TRN 2 wrote:You know the bed rock GOP platform is to eliminate all corporate tax, and as much personal tax as possible.
In other words, to quit being excessively generous with Other People's Money. And depress the economy in the process.
Thanks for playing.
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:29 am
by JMak
That Elvis was a sucker...
Sin,
Timmy Geithner
Charlie Rangel
And a host of Obama appointments
Re: The President Meets the King
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:18 am
by Mikey
Amazing how a completely non-political thread can turn into a political mudslinging contest when the tards are allowed in.