I Think The British Learn

[the Word Class Has] Been Excised From The Acceptable Political Vocabulary, Except In The Limited Usage Of Right-wingers When They Accuse Liberals Of Inciting 'class Warfare' - A Charge That Means It's Okay For Rich People To Vote Their Economic Interests But It's Not All Right To Encourage Poor People To Do So.

I Happened Upon A Memoir By A Midlevel White House Staffer, And He Had Been In The Room That [nixon's Last] Night [in Office]. This Guy's Memoir Told Me What Nixon's Last Words Were. And They Were, On August 8, 1974, To The Crew: "have A Merry Christmas, Fellas!" That Was Just So Bizarre.

I'm Not Sure That There's Anybody Else That's As Psychologically Complex And Who's Given Us This Window Into His Soul That Nixon Gave Us. That's What I Find Absolutely Addictive And Seductive.

Nixon's Genius Was That He Was Able To Portray Himself As The Toughest Of The Anti-communists, And Yet Run On A Platform That He Had A Plan To End The Vietnam War. And, Of Course, His Plan Was To Prolong It Until His Second Election - But He Didn't Tell Us That Then.

[c. Montgomery] Burns Is Much Purer Evil Than Nixon Was. I Think It's The Purity Of His Evil That Attracts Me As A Comic Character.