Post #153598 by Formikahini on Mon, Apr 18, 2005 3:33 PM

Nixon's resignation speech. I remember our all crying at summer camp while listening to it on the radio. It was so sad to see the leader of our nation fall. (Not intended to start a politics discussion or anti-Nixon rant.)

I feel so sad that kids today don't know what it was like before then to respect The President. I thought, "My daddy should be President, because he's the smartest man in the world and he always [knew] what's right." (Your basic, lucky child eye's view). And we all wanted to grow up to be President.

Nowadays, you just have to be crazy to want to be President! I's sorry - it's true. It's a HORRIble life! And it destroys your family, their privacy, their future's privacy. Thanks GAWD my dad never ran for any kind of office!!

Can you see my Secret Service men following me, the President's daughter, around at Oasis or Hukilau? They'd get hammered just taste-testing my cocktails!! Maybe I could get them to loosen up and wear aloha shirts with their suits and Ray-Bans.

Oh yeah, and I also became disillusioned with the future when it became evident that I wasn't getting my damned jet-pack!!