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Thu 6 Feb, 2014 10:16 am
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Of course, on the flip side, he also prolonged the Vietnam war, obstructed justice from the Oval Office, used the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to go after his political enemies, launched an illegal war in Cambodia, waged a dirty tricks campaign against his opponents, placed Spiro Agnew a heartbeat from the presidency, kept an "enemies list", was recorded in the Oval Office describing Jews as "aggressive, abrasive and obnoxious" and Italians as not having their "heads screwed on tight", ended the Vietnam war with
@oristarA,
It means it placed him very close to the presidency.
As in the time/space it takes for a heart to beat once.
@oristarA,
it means agnew would have become president if nixon had died of a heart attack while in office...
@Region Philbis,
oh stop....cheeky monkey.
Oristar, you have have only taken part of the phrase. You did not include "from the presidency"
@contrex,
Thank you guys.
Does "not having their "heads screwed on tight"" mean "not so smart - a bit retarded"?
@oristarA,
No, more like the person is crazy.
@oristarA,
Spiro Agnew is also an anagram of grow a penis.
Just saying.
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