Comments on: Tricky Dick meets RoboCop http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679769 Dlo Burns Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679769 Go mention robocop on twitter. Go mention robocop on twitter.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679768 Dlo Burns Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679768 Ah but Rove has raised a generation of sith padawan of his own. Ah but Rove has raised a generation of sith padawan of his own.

]]> By: Frank Lee Scarlett http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679754 Frank Lee Scarlett Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679754 Tricky does look a little nervous in that photo. The eyes.  Tricky does look a little nervous in that photo. The eyes. 

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679737 Halloween_Jack Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679737 "No, no, it's Dick <i>Jones</i> you want!" “No, no, it’s Dick Jones you want!”

]]> By: Rhyolite http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679730 Rhyolite Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679730 I am probably about the same age so I don't remember any thing from Watergate - it was something from a history class, while RoboCop was part of my childhood.  This makes for a weird juxtaposition. I am probably about the same age so I don’t remember any thing from Watergate – it was something from a history class, while RoboCop was part of my childhood.  This makes for a weird juxtaposition.

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679619 chris jimson Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679619 I'd buy that for a dollar! I’d buy that for a dollar!

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679556 Felton / Moderator Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679556 I was born right before Watergate.  Nixon could have stolen candy from me while he was still president! I was born right before Watergate.  Nixon could have stolen candy from me while he was still president!

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679546 Felton / Moderator Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679546 Fry:  Please, Mr. Nixon.  We're appealing to your sense of decency. Everybody, including Nixon:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fry:  Please, Mr. Nixon.  We’re appealing to your sense of decency.
Everybody, including Nixon:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679531 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679531 The 1968 election was 23 years from ww2 and 45 years from today. . The 1968 election was 23 years from ww2 and 45 years from today. .

]]> By: sdmikev http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679525 sdmikev Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679525 not if he's laying down.. :) not if he’s laying down.. :)

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679493 mccrum Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679493 It probably won't make you feel any better to know that Back to the Future is closer to 1955 than to today.  Kicker:  By nearly a decade. It probably won’t make you feel any better to know that Back to the Future is closer to 1955 than to today.  Kicker:  By nearly a decade.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679430 Ito Kagehisa Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679430 My father met Nixon at Canaveral, and returned home in a state of high dudgeon, absolutely <i>ranting</i>, which was not his wont.  "I can't believe I voted for that fool!" I think was the most repeated statement.  He said that Nixon had the mind of a child, and clearly didn't mean that in any good way. My father met Nixon at Canaveral, and returned home in a state of high dudgeon, absolutely ranting, which was not his wont.  “I can’t believe I voted for that fool!” I think was the most repeated statement.  He said that Nixon had the mind of a child, and clearly didn’t mean that in any good way.

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679416 robotnik Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679416 Yes, but now he's MUCH taller than the dead Nixon. Yes, but now he’s MUCH taller than the dead Nixon.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679397 IronEdithKidd Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679397 Was?  Weller's still alive, you know.  Was?  Weller’s still alive, you know. 

]]> By: Rhyolite http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679394 Rhyolite Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679394 That's creepy...it is also creepy to think that RoboCop was a lot closer in time Watergate than it is to today. That’s creepy…it is also creepy to think that RoboCop was a lot closer in time Watergate than it is to today.

]]> By: Bill Robinson http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679386 Bill Robinson Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679386 In the movie, it is mentioned in news coverage in the background that two former presidents living in California have been killed in an accidental firing of an SDI laser satellite, the implication being it was Nixon and Reagan who were killed. Presumably, this is the connection that led to Nixon being recruited to promote the movie. In the movie, it is mentioned in news coverage in the background that two former presidents living in California have been killed in an accidental firing of an SDI laser satellite, the implication being it was Nixon and Reagan who were killed. Presumably, this is the connection that led to Nixon being recruited to promote the movie.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679380 Nash Rambler Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679380 "I feel a jowl movement coming on." “I feel a jowl movement coming on.”

]]> By: Jones Rossi http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679377 Jones Rossi Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679377 Mr. Nixon, you have 20 seconds to drop the weapon. Mr. Nixon, you have 20 seconds to drop the weapon.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679378 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679378 GHW Bush 41 was a total insider (ambassador, head of CIA), but off the radar screen.  And the GOP is finally exhausting its supply of Nixon henchmen (Rove was a campaign volunteer but not a crony).  GHW Bush 41 was a total insider (ambassador, head of CIA), but off the radar screen.  And the GOP is finally exhausting its supply of Nixon henchmen (Rove was a campaign volunteer but not a crony). 

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679374 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679374 "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.”

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679369 mccrum Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679369 Nixon definitely left a lot of voters with a fear of beltway insiders.  Elected Presidents after Nixon:  Peanut farmer Carter, actor Reagan, VP Bush, Governor Clinton, Governor Bush, Senator Obama was the first person who had a job inside the beltway prior to the Presidency for thirty years. Nixon definitely left a lot of voters with a fear of beltway insiders.  Elected Presidents after Nixon:  Peanut farmer Carter, actor Reagan, VP Bush, Governor Clinton, Governor Bush, Senator Obama was the first person who had a job inside the beltway prior to the Presidency for thirty years.

]]> By: psion http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679355 psion Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679355  Naaah. Nixon showed all the usual human traits. Vanity ... insecurity ... and corruptibility by power. Nixon was a wake-up call about the political elite with a simple message: don't trust anyone in that kind of position.  Naaah. Nixon showed all the usual human traits. Vanity … insecurity … and corruptibility by power. Nixon was a wake-up call about the political elite with a simple message: don’t trust anyone in that kind of position.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679351 mccrum Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679351 I like to think of a really awkward moment where a nervous Nixon joked "I, ah, I am not a crook!  Heh." I like to think of a really awkward moment where a nervous Nixon joked “I, ah, I am not a crook!  Heh.”

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679344 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679344 "yes, it vibrates." - Archer “yes, it vibrates.” – Archer

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679327 snagglepuss Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679327 Robocop was only about 17% human. Which STILL makes him more human that Nixon ever was. Robocop was only about 17% human.

Which STILL makes him more human that Nixon ever was.

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679317 Preston Sturges Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679317 Probably not Peter Weller who was only 1" taller than Nixon Probably not Peter Weller who was only 1″ taller than Nixon

]]> By: traalfaz http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679312 traalfaz Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679312 They both beat headless body of Agnew. They both beat headless body of Agnew.

]]> By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679299 TheOven Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679299 Who stole RoboCop's Chin? Who stole RoboCop’s Chin?

]]> By: Ian Wood http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679296 Ian Wood Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679296 <i>Arrroooooo!</i> Arrroooooo!

]]> By: Kenmrph http://boingboing.net/2013/03/14/tricky-dick-meets-robocop.html#comment-1679288 Kenmrph Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=218818#comment-1679288 For a moment there it felt like seeing dinosaurs and cavemen in the same exhibit. For a moment there it felt like seeing dinosaurs and cavemen in the same exhibit.

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