Venerated equally by rednecks and aristocrats
Caligula, Julius or Nero
Take your pick. He’s an unlikely hero.
Far better E. Gantry
Or phony philantry
Or maybe just bring back old Spiro.
Old Jules
Old Jules
74 years old, a resident of Leavenworth, KS, in an apartment located on the VA campus. Partnered with a black shorthaired cat named Mister Midnight. (1943-2020)
Since April, 2020, this blog is maintained by Jeanne Kasten (See "About" page for further information).
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So Far From Heaven 
I’ll never forget the sketch on Laugh-In, where the character in the neighborhood of the White House was packing and moving with frenzied haste because she heard they “got Spiro Agnew” — rumored to be a disease.
Hi Ed: I thought about putting up a blog entry of Spiro Agnew quotes for the folk who don’t remember, but it hardly seems worth the effort. Gracias, J
Not by every redneck, using the term very lightly, as no one ever asked to be born, nor had a choice as to its locale…
Lindy Lee: True. But those who caused the term to be coined [along with the negative baggage] had choices. Gracias, J