"I think this is actually a bigger deal than Rick Warren because this gentleman is in many ways much worse," said Richard Socarides, who advised President Bill Clinton on issues concerning gay people.
"If you have him out there trumpeting what it is to be a good American, a police officer, a plumber -- who knows -- might feel pressure because this gentleman is saying there is only one way to be a good American".
This is a nice picture because this gentleman … decided to quit [his job] to live in a state of voluntary simplicity.
Defining poverty from the participants' perspectives was a key part of the process throughout, but reached a turning point in the second meeting when one participant presented her final photograph, that of a 50-year old man who had given up his medical practice: This is a nice picture because this gentleman … decided to quit [his job] to live in a state of voluntary simplicity.
On failing to be elected Governor of California in 1962, he seemed to announce his retirement from politics, telling reporters: "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".
It was a rhetorical evocation of Richard M. Nixon's statement from 1962, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last news conference".
SAM ROBERTS Sour Grapes On Nov. 7, 1962, Richard M. Nixon, master of the long goodbye and later of the "I am not a crook" defense, declared at a news conference after he was defeated for governor of California: You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference and it will be one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you.
In an impromptu concession speech the morning after the election, Nixon blamed the media for favoring his opponent, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".
His remark reminded me of Richard Nixon castigating the press after losing the governor's race in California in 1962: "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".
This defeat was widely believed to be the end of his career; in an impromptu concession speech the morning after the election, Nixon famously blamed the media for favoring his opponent, saying, "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".
Four years later Brown bested Richard M. Nixon by nearly 300,000 votes, a defeat that led the former Vice President to declare bitterly the next day: "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference".
