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John Gizzi
5 hours ago: Thursday Aug 17 - 6:06am
@BarbaraAmbrose Ed Gillespie just strongly endorsed adding context to them--very interesting and appealing idea.
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:54pm
RT @HuffPostPol: Kentucky governor echoes Trump: "All sides" to blame for Charlottesville violence https://t.co/z95SGBraXd https://t.co/O5a…
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:53pm
RT @guardian: 'Changing history'? Many Confederate monuments date back just decades https://t.co/sEkBw8aA4Z
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:49pm
@lauremandeville We cld learn from French, When FN won Orange, they had town mtg, then renamed Nelson Mandela Bridge "Gen. Salant Bridge"
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:47pm
@FrenettMarco @lauerschu After town meetings? And will any be voted on by residents?
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:56pm
@lauerschu My view is that if someone or something is part of history, leave their memorials alone, BUT if lical au… https://t.co/Yufhu7FUvZ
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:37pm
@lauerschu I'm glad. I hope to read more of this. It is amazing how Republicans were the friends of blacks & the "segs" were all Dems,
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:36pm
Saddened to learn of Former Rep, Vern Ehlers (R-Mich), friend & colleague of SW(Smarter Wife) in Michigan legislature.
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:34pm
@lauerschu That they were erected under Democratic Administrations?
John Gizzi
14 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:17pm
@zestydaddy FDR tolerated segregationists throughout his presidency & Stevenson was so reluctant to toughen platfor… https://t.co/Q6t6R0rjss
John Gizzi
14 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:14pm
@BillyFCampbell @edward_l_ayers W. respect to @edward_l_ayers, VA built most of statues as part of "massive resista… https://t.co/nMkrZXzC4A
John Gizzi
15 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 8:30pm
@croosen48168 I know there were exceptions & Roger Taney was a Marylander who served as treasury secretary and chie… https://t.co/3Mvb4Q2Kk6
John Gizzi
15 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 8:27pm
Debating taking down Confederate statues, has anyone noted nearly all were built by Democratic gov'ts. in '50s &'60s to protest integration?
John Gizzi
20 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 3:07pm
Roy Moore favorite in AL Senate runoff 9/26. 26http://www.newsmax.com/JohnGizzi/roy-moore-jeff-session-senate-alabama/2017/08/16/id/807945/
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:02pm
@salty1949 Agreed! Barbara Carney said she got a Mass card from Mike and Eileen Long,
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:00pm
RT @salty1949: @johngizzi A great political party led by Mike Long whose votes delivered NYS to Ronald Reagan in '80
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:57am
RT @FoxNewsInsider: RNC Chair: No Place For KKK, Neo-Nazis in GOP @GOPChairwoman @foxandfriends https://t.co/XWrvO62IJx
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:49am
@sbrad Touche! ;) Admittedly, I like to write out "laugh out loud" rather than abbreviate LOL. Abbreviations badfor writers!
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:46am
@sbrad What does that mean? I love to tweet.
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:45am
On Daniel Ellsberg, Pat Buchanan recalls he opposed WH plan to discredit him 'cause Ellsberg was held in such low regard for leaking secrets
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:35am
From 1978-86, Rep. Bill Carney (NY) was lone Member of Congress who was neither Democrat nor Republican but member of NY's Conservative Pty.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:32am
With Barbara Carney following Mass at Matthew's for her husband, late Rep. Bill Carney (C-R-NY), whose vintage '78… https://t.co/Y0a85TkEYi
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:59am
If Roy Moore wins GOP nod in Ala,, ex-US Atty, Doug Jones, who prosecuted 1963 church bombers, becomes formidable,
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:53pm
Roy Moore, pls.note: since 1960, only 3 state chief justices served in Senate: Hall Lusk (R-Ore), & Dems Paul Hatfield (Mont) & Howell (AL)
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:39pm
If elected, Judge Roy Moore will be 1st ex-chief justice to serve in Senate since Alabama's own Howell Heflin in 1978.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:32pm
If Judge Roy Moore,70, wins GOP nod & election as U.S.Senator from Ala, he'll be oldest freshman Sen. since S.I. Hayakawa (R.-CA)(70) in '76
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:26pm
Had Hoover's FBI been doing its job on Ellsberg probe, Pat Buchanan says, & Kissinger not egging Nixon, there'd be no plumbers or Watergate.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:21pm
Pat Buchanan recalled when J. Edgar Hoover dragged his feet on Ellsberg probe in '71, he wrote Nixon calling Hoover's exit "good for ctry."
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 2:14pm
Yrs before Heritage was born, Pat Buchanan, writing in "Nixon's White House Wars," called on conservatives to start a "MacArthur Institute."
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 11:15am
Rather than taking down tax-exempt liberal Foundations such as Brookings, Pat Buchanan decided in '71. conservatives shld start their own.
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 8:38am
RT @TomPauken: @johngizzi Pat had the good sense to turn down "plumbers" job. I turned down offer to coordinate agencies dealing with domes…
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:25am
@RichardHaass @csdickey So would BLM selected attacks on Dallas police as well, then?
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:24am
When Pentagon Papers were leaked, Pat Buchanan writes, he never read any 'cause they were dull, lengthy, & didn't mention "us"(Nixon team)
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:19am
After Pentagon Papers leaking, Pat Buchanan recalls, he was twice asked & refused to head "Plumbers" unit in White House to unmask leakers.
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 4:48pm
Newsmax looks at Trump's endorsement in "Strange" Senate race in Ala.https://t.co/MhUh52262H
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 2:01pm
RT @KaterinaSokou: Trump: "Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, whi…
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:19am
In "Nixon's White House Years," Pat Buchanan recalls when demonstrators blocked entrance to WH &he pressed pedal on his car. They moved!
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:13am
I tear up at climax of "My Favorite Year," when Alan Swan remembers his heroic roles & helps King Kaiser polish off thugs on set of his show
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:11am
Saddened by death of Joe Bologna--former Marine who will always be remembered as King Kaiser in "My Favorite Year."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Sunday Aug 13 - 10:58am
Newsmax asks why press covers discredited David Duke? https://t.co/QsA6DeFyCQ
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 6:53pm
@FrenettMarco Human Events. I was with them from 1979, all through Reagan years, and stayed until it folded in 201… https://t.co/MusIlRlYuP
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 5:06pm
@FrenettMarco The last time I reported on him was Dec. '06, when he attended int'l, conference of Holocaust deniers… https://t.co/gSpRf5RBgX
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:35pm
@FrenettMarco It stuns me he's taken seriously after he was discredited-including by this reporter, when I challeng… https://t.co/5I6veNlW0P
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:20pm
Seeing David Duke in Charlottesville reminds me we 1st covered this guy when he won state rep seat in LA 28 YRS AG0-& HE'S AROUND TODAY!
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:15pm
Buchanan cites much of his '71 memo to Nixon "Neither Fish Nor Fowl," which condemns retreat from principled conservativsm. It's timeless.
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:04pm
RT @realDonaldTrump: We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets…
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:03pm
RT @GovMikeHuckabee: "White supremacy" crap is worst kind of racism-it's EVIL and perversion of God's truth to ever think our Creator value…
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 2:07pm
"From the day I signed on with him in Dec, '65," wrote Pat Buchanan,"in "I wanted Richard Nixon to become the Pres. Ronald Reagan became."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 2:05pm
After Nixon named Gov. Connally Treasury Sec, in 1971, Pat Buchanan recalled, Agnew told him:"The old man wants Connally [for VP in '72[."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 12:27pm
Buchanan recalls how VP Agnew in 1970 called Sen. Al Gore, Sr. (D-TN) the "Southern Regional chmn. of the Eastern liberal Establishment."
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 11:23am
When Pat Buchanan suggested VP Agnew call NY's liberal Sen. Goodell "the Christine Jorgenson of the GOP," Nixon vetoed. Agnew loved & used.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:20pm
Limewise, if Pence leadsGOP charge in '18, he should brand Dems, party of "abortion, amnesty, & Transgender bathrooms,"
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:18pm
In '70 memo, Pat Buchanan urged Nixon to let VP Agnew speak on permissiveness & Dems.' leftward drift.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:03pm
Loved @realDonaldTrump & @governorcalvo, but not saying he's w .him "1000%"--that's what McGovern said to Eagleton before dumping him in '72
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 10:55pm
RT @ksenijapavlovic: Almost famous. Listen to the full audio between @realDonaldTrump and Guam's Gov https://t.co/yaMPiiBujj
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 10:32pm
Pat Buchanan's case in "Nixon's White House Wars" for Republicans gaining Catholics is borne out in record Catholic vote for Trump in '16
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 9:08pm
Why, someone tell me, did Rep, Mo Brooks (R.-AL) fail to cTch on with conservatives in Ala, Senate primary Tuesday?
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 9:05pm
@sebastiangorka is to @realDonaldTrump what Robt. Straucz Hupe was to Barry Goldwater in '64--an intellectual ammunition depot w. an accent.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:51pm
Wallace gave in to federal authorities, but Roy Moore never did--over 10 commandments & now gay marriage. He'll face Sen,. Strange in runoff
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:40pm
Since U.S didn't live in SE Asia, Enoch Powell said"hardly any degree of military power cld produce that decisive effect on opponents' will"
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:36pm
Enoch Powell in '67 cld. be speaking of Korea today:"Military power is effective in inverse ratio to the distance at which it's excercised."
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:48pm
@Mina_Andreeva is 1st-rate spokeswoman for Mr. Juncker & I predict a future PM of Bulgaria. @ImadMesdoua
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:39pm
@JCSteers The question now is, w. Kenyatta a lameduck & Odinga too old in '20, who is heir apparent?
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:35pm
@JCSteers Outstanding, and very calm, report on Kenyan election, It looks incendiary, but you were very cool. Bravo!
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 3:31pm
RT @DavidJollyFL: President's return to DC Monday must be for Pentagon & NSC briefing optics ahead of mid-August North Korea threat of stri…
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 1:26pm
RT @johngizzi: At '01 CPAC, Heston had his characters (Long John Silver, Ben Hur) advising Pres & gave advice from "Planet of Apes:"Don't…
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:23pm
At '01 CPAC, Heston had his characters (Long John Silver, Ben Hur) advising Pres & gave advice from "Planet of Apes:"Don't monkey around!"
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:20pm
No details, but I get impression that 3 recent "Planet of the Apes" movies do not precisely follow the history in the original 5 (1968-73).
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:13pm
Reading Nat'l. Review's "War for the Planet of the Apes," it dawned on me the original "Planet" w. Charlton Heston came out in 1968!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 10:38pm
RT @johngizzi: When Callista is confirmed & the Gingriches move to Rome, Newt will hop to Paris to rebuild Republicans & London to help Ree…
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:50pm
When Callista is confirmed & the Gingriches move to Rome, Newt will hop to Paris to rebuild Republicans & London to help Rees-Mogg be PM.
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:45pm
@MichaelMcGough3 What are "period quirks?" Give some examples!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:41pm
RT @samisnellings: Women Praise WH Press Secretary Sanders, Offer Advice @PressSec https://t.co/wgpoOK6gpe
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 5:57pm
RT @michi83: So stumbled on some old #CPAC photos while at the office, here's the great @johngizzi in 1998! https://t.co/kzvzJIXFKU
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John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 3:21pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt McGurk's comments to Atlantic Council & calls for h… https://t.co/5mohM1EAKt
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 3:01pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt Look at what Turkish gov't, is saying about Bret Mc… https://t.co/JxEvsS2WpD
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 2:29pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt Wait 'til you see what I ask when the briefings resume in 2 wks, Stay tuned!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 1:27pm
RT @samisnellings: @bdomenech Happy to know you interned for @johngizzi as well. We are part of a lucky club that can say we were mentored…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:12am
Newsmax Explores If "Fire and Fury" Means an End to "America First" https://t.co/D0c794PjaM
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:02am
RT @samisnellings: And on the 8th day, God created donuts to bless the people. @johngizzi #wegavein #couldnotresist https://t.co/RZFlk7Wei7
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John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:25am
In AZ in '70, Pat Buchanan & Agnew saw Hitler's Damler was on display &joshed(& jolted) advance man by saying VP wanted to ride around in it
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 7:51pm
Truman told Brits work w, Mossadegh &refused to back coup. When he left office in '53, Eisenhower & Dulles Bros, came in & rest is history,
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 7:49pm
Nat'l Security Archive reveals UK gov't tried hard in '52 to convince US to help topple Iran's PM Mossadegh--SURPRISE!
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 5:21pm
Ex-White House Advisors Split on Trump's "Fire and Fury" threat https://t.co/YROWSK7F51
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1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 10:36am
RT @Timodc: More on the way back to Obamacare replace thru need to deal with coming tax hikes from @johngizzi https://t.co/3EHCqRguGN @Chri…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 12:53am
RT @samisnellings: They did it!!! They built the file cabinet. @johngizzi https://t.co/el43MpL2FL
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1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 12:34am
@VanessaManko Still waiting patiently (sort of) for sequel to "Invention of Exile." Can you at least give a hint?
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Tuesday Aug 8 - 10:57am
RT @KaterinaSokou: "Can Europe learn from Greece's painful experience? A first lesson is to reform at the top of the cycle." https://t.co/S…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Tuesday Aug 8 - 12:23am
Usain Bolt is retiring from running but before he is 40, he will emerge as prime minister of Jamaica
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:29pm
RT @FritzUSA: Über Trump haben wir auch gesprochen, aber nicht nur! Besuch bei SWR 1 Leute. SWR1 Baden-Württemberg | SWR.de https://t.co/FR…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:28pm
@DPietrusza I liked Wms.' conclusion Long wld've gone 3rd Party to cause FDR's defeat in '36, w. belief things'd be… https://t.co/ZiluWsY12u
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:24pm
RT @samisnellings: So nice to meet you today @greta with my boss, @johngizzi. Let's all have coffee soon! https://t.co/Ac1Pwa8UAV
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1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 8:14am
Newsmax explores why are so many House Republicans quitting in '18. https://t.co/oXbYJAlv0q
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1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 7:33am
RT @AvengersTvShow: THIRWELL: No music, no male visitors, no nail varnish, no elaborate hairdos, regulation stockings & in by 10 every nigh…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 7:14am
Remembering Texas ex-Gov. Mark White, who took down political giants https://t.co/ijf8xKvJ9Y
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 7:18pm
Huey Long inspired 3 fictional characters: Wiilie Stark (All the King's Men), Buzz Windrip(It Can't Happen Here), & Chuck Crawford (# 1)
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 4:50am
In "Nixon's White House Wars," Pat Buchanan vividly recalls Kissunger & others trying to soften Nixon's tough words on US strike in Cambodia
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 4:41am
Pat Buchanan recalls writing fan letter in '70 to T.Harry Wms, for his Huey Long bio.& getting reply:"Your boss is rt on [bombing] Cambodia"
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 5 - 10:29pm
RT @Le_Figaro: Jean-Paul Sartre / Raymond Aron : le match du siècle https://t.co/WBBTzkwgFA
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 5 - 12:49am
@RonFortier BECAUSE OF HIS CLASH W. SEN, HOMER FERGUSON (R-Mich)in postwar probe, Howard Hughes poured big $ to bea… https://t.co/hViVWR57if
5 hours ago: Thursday Aug 17 - 6:06am
@BarbaraAmbrose Ed Gillespie just strongly endorsed adding context to them--very interesting and appealing idea.
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:54pm
RT @HuffPostPol: Kentucky governor echoes Trump: "All sides" to blame for Charlottesville violence https://t.co/z95SGBraXd https://t.co/O5a…
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:53pm
RT @guardian: 'Changing history'? Many Confederate monuments date back just decades https://t.co/sEkBw8aA4Z
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:49pm
@lauremandeville We cld learn from French, When FN won Orange, they had town mtg, then renamed Nelson Mandela Bridge "Gen. Salant Bridge"
John Gizzi
12 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 10:47pm
@FrenettMarco @lauerschu After town meetings? And will any be voted on by residents?
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:56pm
@lauerschu My view is that if someone or something is part of history, leave their memorials alone, BUT if lical au… https://t.co/Yufhu7FUvZ
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:37pm
@lauerschu I'm glad. I hope to read more of this. It is amazing how Republicans were the friends of blacks & the "segs" were all Dems,
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:36pm
Saddened to learn of Former Rep, Vern Ehlers (R-Mich), friend & colleague of SW(Smarter Wife) in Michigan legislature.
John Gizzi
13 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:34pm
@lauerschu That they were erected under Democratic Administrations?
John Gizzi
14 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:17pm
@zestydaddy FDR tolerated segregationists throughout his presidency & Stevenson was so reluctant to toughen platfor… https://t.co/Q6t6R0rjss
John Gizzi
14 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 9:14pm
@BillyFCampbell @edward_l_ayers W. respect to @edward_l_ayers, VA built most of statues as part of "massive resista… https://t.co/nMkrZXzC4A
John Gizzi
15 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 8:30pm
@croosen48168 I know there were exceptions & Roger Taney was a Marylander who served as treasury secretary and chie… https://t.co/3Mvb4Q2Kk6
John Gizzi
15 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 8:27pm
Debating taking down Confederate statues, has anyone noted nearly all were built by Democratic gov'ts. in '50s &'60s to protest integration?
John Gizzi
20 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 3:07pm
Roy Moore favorite in AL Senate runoff 9/26. 26http://www.newsmax.com/JohnGizzi/roy-moore-jeff-session-senate-alabama/2017/08/16/id/807945/
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23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:02pm
@salty1949 Agreed! Barbara Carney said she got a Mass card from Mike and Eileen Long,
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23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:00pm
RT @salty1949: @johngizzi A great political party led by Mike Long whose votes delivered NYS to Ronald Reagan in '80
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23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:57am
RT @FoxNewsInsider: RNC Chair: No Place For KKK, Neo-Nazis in GOP @GOPChairwoman @foxandfriends https://t.co/XWrvO62IJx
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:49am
@sbrad Touche! ;) Admittedly, I like to write out "laugh out loud" rather than abbreviate LOL. Abbreviations badfor writers!
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:46am
@sbrad What does that mean? I love to tweet.
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:45am
On Daniel Ellsberg, Pat Buchanan recalls he opposed WH plan to discredit him 'cause Ellsberg was held in such low regard for leaking secrets
John Gizzi
23 hours ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:35am
From 1978-86, Rep. Bill Carney (NY) was lone Member of Congress who was neither Democrat nor Republican but member of NY's Conservative Pty.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 11:32am
With Barbara Carney following Mass at Matthew's for her husband, late Rep. Bill Carney (C-R-NY), whose vintage '78… https://t.co/Y0a85TkEYi
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Wednesday Aug 16 - 12:59am
If Roy Moore wins GOP nod in Ala,, ex-US Atty, Doug Jones, who prosecuted 1963 church bombers, becomes formidable,
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:53pm
Roy Moore, pls.note: since 1960, only 3 state chief justices served in Senate: Hall Lusk (R-Ore), & Dems Paul Hatfield (Mont) & Howell (AL)
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:39pm
If elected, Judge Roy Moore will be 1st ex-chief justice to serve in Senate since Alabama's own Howell Heflin in 1978.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 10:32pm
If Judge Roy Moore,70, wins GOP nod & election as U.S.Senator from Ala, he'll be oldest freshman Sen. since S.I. Hayakawa (R.-CA)(70) in '76
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:26pm
Had Hoover's FBI been doing its job on Ellsberg probe, Pat Buchanan says, & Kissinger not egging Nixon, there'd be no plumbers or Watergate.
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:21pm
Pat Buchanan recalled when J. Edgar Hoover dragged his feet on Ellsberg probe in '71, he wrote Nixon calling Hoover's exit "good for ctry."
John Gizzi
1 day ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 2:14pm
Yrs before Heritage was born, Pat Buchanan, writing in "Nixon's White House Wars," called on conservatives to start a "MacArthur Institute."
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 11:15am
Rather than taking down tax-exempt liberal Foundations such as Brookings, Pat Buchanan decided in '71. conservatives shld start their own.
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2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 8:38am
RT @TomPauken: @johngizzi Pat had the good sense to turn down "plumbers" job. I turned down offer to coordinate agencies dealing with domes…
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:25am
@RichardHaass @csdickey So would BLM selected attacks on Dallas police as well, then?
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:24am
When Pentagon Papers were leaked, Pat Buchanan writes, he never read any 'cause they were dull, lengthy, & didn't mention "us"(Nixon team)
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Tuesday Aug 15 - 5:19am
After Pentagon Papers leaking, Pat Buchanan recalls, he was twice asked & refused to head "Plumbers" unit in White House to unmask leakers.
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 4:48pm
Newsmax looks at Trump's endorsement in "Strange" Senate race in Ala.https://t.co/MhUh52262H
John Gizzi
2 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 2:01pm
RT @KaterinaSokou: Trump: "Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, whi…
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:19am
In "Nixon's White House Years," Pat Buchanan recalls when demonstrators blocked entrance to WH &he pressed pedal on his car. They moved!
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:13am
I tear up at climax of "My Favorite Year," when Alan Swan remembers his heroic roles & helps King Kaiser polish off thugs on set of his show
John Gizzi
3 days ago: Monday Aug 14 - 9:11am
Saddened by death of Joe Bologna--former Marine who will always be remembered as King Kaiser in "My Favorite Year."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Sunday Aug 13 - 10:58am
Newsmax asks why press covers discredited David Duke? https://t.co/QsA6DeFyCQ
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 6:53pm
@FrenettMarco Human Events. I was with them from 1979, all through Reagan years, and stayed until it folded in 201… https://t.co/MusIlRlYuP
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 5:06pm
@FrenettMarco The last time I reported on him was Dec. '06, when he attended int'l, conference of Holocaust deniers… https://t.co/gSpRf5RBgX
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:35pm
@FrenettMarco It stuns me he's taken seriously after he was discredited-including by this reporter, when I challeng… https://t.co/5I6veNlW0P
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:20pm
Seeing David Duke in Charlottesville reminds me we 1st covered this guy when he won state rep seat in LA 28 YRS AG0-& HE'S AROUND TODAY!
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:15pm
Buchanan cites much of his '71 memo to Nixon "Neither Fish Nor Fowl," which condemns retreat from principled conservativsm. It's timeless.
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:04pm
RT @realDonaldTrump: We ALL must be united & condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. Lets…
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 4:03pm
RT @GovMikeHuckabee: "White supremacy" crap is worst kind of racism-it's EVIL and perversion of God's truth to ever think our Creator value…
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 2:07pm
"From the day I signed on with him in Dec, '65," wrote Pat Buchanan,"in "I wanted Richard Nixon to become the Pres. Ronald Reagan became."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 2:05pm
After Nixon named Gov. Connally Treasury Sec, in 1971, Pat Buchanan recalled, Agnew told him:"The old man wants Connally [for VP in '72[."
John Gizzi
4 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 12:27pm
Buchanan recalls how VP Agnew in 1970 called Sen. Al Gore, Sr. (D-TN) the "Southern Regional chmn. of the Eastern liberal Establishment."
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Saturday Aug 12 - 11:23am
When Pat Buchanan suggested VP Agnew call NY's liberal Sen. Goodell "the Christine Jorgenson of the GOP," Nixon vetoed. Agnew loved & used.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:20pm
Limewise, if Pence leadsGOP charge in '18, he should brand Dems, party of "abortion, amnesty, & Transgender bathrooms,"
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:18pm
In '70 memo, Pat Buchanan urged Nixon to let VP Agnew speak on permissiveness & Dems.' leftward drift.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 11:03pm
Loved @realDonaldTrump & @governorcalvo, but not saying he's w .him "1000%"--that's what McGovern said to Eagleton before dumping him in '72
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 10:55pm
RT @ksenijapavlovic: Almost famous. Listen to the full audio between @realDonaldTrump and Guam's Gov https://t.co/yaMPiiBujj
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 10:32pm
Pat Buchanan's case in "Nixon's White House Wars" for Republicans gaining Catholics is borne out in record Catholic vote for Trump in '16
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 9:08pm
Why, someone tell me, did Rep, Mo Brooks (R.-AL) fail to cTch on with conservatives in Ala, Senate primary Tuesday?
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 9:05pm
@sebastiangorka is to @realDonaldTrump what Robt. Straucz Hupe was to Barry Goldwater in '64--an intellectual ammunition depot w. an accent.
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:51pm
Wallace gave in to federal authorities, but Roy Moore never did--over 10 commandments & now gay marriage. He'll face Sen,. Strange in runoff
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:40pm
Since U.S didn't live in SE Asia, Enoch Powell said"hardly any degree of military power cld produce that decisive effect on opponents' will"
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 8:36pm
Enoch Powell in '67 cld. be speaking of Korea today:"Military power is effective in inverse ratio to the distance at which it's excercised."
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:48pm
@Mina_Andreeva is 1st-rate spokeswoman for Mr. Juncker & I predict a future PM of Bulgaria. @ImadMesdoua
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:39pm
@JCSteers The question now is, w. Kenyatta a lameduck & Odinga too old in '20, who is heir apparent?
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 7:35pm
@JCSteers Outstanding, and very calm, report on Kenyan election, It looks incendiary, but you were very cool. Bravo!
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 3:31pm
RT @DavidJollyFL: President's return to DC Monday must be for Pentagon & NSC briefing optics ahead of mid-August North Korea threat of stri…
John Gizzi
5 days ago: Friday Aug 11 - 1:26pm
RT @johngizzi: At '01 CPAC, Heston had his characters (Long John Silver, Ben Hur) advising Pres & gave advice from "Planet of Apes:"Don't…
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:23pm
At '01 CPAC, Heston had his characters (Long John Silver, Ben Hur) advising Pres & gave advice from "Planet of Apes:"Don't monkey around!"
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:20pm
No details, but I get impression that 3 recent "Planet of the Apes" movies do not precisely follow the history in the original 5 (1968-73).
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:13pm
Reading Nat'l. Review's "War for the Planet of the Apes," it dawned on me the original "Planet" w. Charlton Heston came out in 1968!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 10:38pm
RT @johngizzi: When Callista is confirmed & the Gingriches move to Rome, Newt will hop to Paris to rebuild Republicans & London to help Ree…
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:50pm
When Callista is confirmed & the Gingriches move to Rome, Newt will hop to Paris to rebuild Republicans & London to help Rees-Mogg be PM.
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:45pm
@MichaelMcGough3 What are "period quirks?" Give some examples!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:41pm
RT @samisnellings: Women Praise WH Press Secretary Sanders, Offer Advice @PressSec https://t.co/wgpoOK6gpe
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 5:57pm
RT @michi83: So stumbled on some old #CPAC photos while at the office, here's the great @johngizzi in 1998! https://t.co/kzvzJIXFKU
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John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 3:21pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt McGurk's comments to Atlantic Council & calls for h… https://t.co/5mohM1EAKt
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 3:01pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt Look at what Turkish gov't, is saying about Bret Mc… https://t.co/JxEvsS2WpD
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 2:29pm
@EBOlady @samisnellings @bdomenech @PhilipRucker @peterbakernyt Wait 'til you see what I ask when the briefings resume in 2 wks, Stay tuned!
John Gizzi
6 days ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 1:27pm
RT @samisnellings: @bdomenech Happy to know you interned for @johngizzi as well. We are part of a lucky club that can say we were mentored…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:12am
Newsmax Explores If "Fire and Fury" Means an End to "America First" https://t.co/D0c794PjaM
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 11:02am
RT @samisnellings: And on the 8th day, God created donuts to bless the people. @johngizzi #wegavein #couldnotresist https://t.co/RZFlk7Wei7
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John Gizzi
1 week ago: Thursday Aug 10 - 9:25am
In AZ in '70, Pat Buchanan & Agnew saw Hitler's Damler was on display &joshed(& jolted) advance man by saying VP wanted to ride around in it
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 7:51pm
Truman told Brits work w, Mossadegh &refused to back coup. When he left office in '53, Eisenhower & Dulles Bros, came in & rest is history,
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 7:49pm
Nat'l Security Archive reveals UK gov't tried hard in '52 to convince US to help topple Iran's PM Mossadegh--SURPRISE!
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 5:21pm
Ex-White House Advisors Split on Trump's "Fire and Fury" threat https://t.co/YROWSK7F51
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 10:36am
RT @Timodc: More on the way back to Obamacare replace thru need to deal with coming tax hikes from @johngizzi https://t.co/3EHCqRguGN @Chri…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 12:53am
RT @samisnellings: They did it!!! They built the file cabinet. @johngizzi https://t.co/el43MpL2FL
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John Gizzi
1 week ago: Wednesday Aug 9 - 12:34am
@VanessaManko Still waiting patiently (sort of) for sequel to "Invention of Exile." Can you at least give a hint?
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Tuesday Aug 8 - 10:57am
RT @KaterinaSokou: "Can Europe learn from Greece's painful experience? A first lesson is to reform at the top of the cycle." https://t.co/S…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Tuesday Aug 8 - 12:23am
Usain Bolt is retiring from running but before he is 40, he will emerge as prime minister of Jamaica
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:29pm
RT @FritzUSA: Über Trump haben wir auch gesprochen, aber nicht nur! Besuch bei SWR 1 Leute. SWR1 Baden-Württemberg | SWR.de https://t.co/FR…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:28pm
@DPietrusza I liked Wms.' conclusion Long wld've gone 3rd Party to cause FDR's defeat in '36, w. belief things'd be… https://t.co/ZiluWsY12u
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 11:24pm
RT @samisnellings: So nice to meet you today @greta with my boss, @johngizzi. Let's all have coffee soon! https://t.co/Ac1Pwa8UAV
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John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 8:14am
Newsmax explores why are so many House Republicans quitting in '18. https://t.co/oXbYJAlv0q
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 7:33am
RT @AvengersTvShow: THIRWELL: No music, no male visitors, no nail varnish, no elaborate hairdos, regulation stockings & in by 10 every nigh…
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Monday Aug 7 - 7:14am
Remembering Texas ex-Gov. Mark White, who took down political giants https://t.co/ijf8xKvJ9Y
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 7:18pm
Huey Long inspired 3 fictional characters: Wiilie Stark (All the King's Men), Buzz Windrip(It Can't Happen Here), & Chuck Crawford (# 1)
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 4:50am
In "Nixon's White House Wars," Pat Buchanan vividly recalls Kissunger & others trying to soften Nixon's tough words on US strike in Cambodia
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Sunday Aug 6 - 4:41am
Pat Buchanan recalls writing fan letter in '70 to T.Harry Wms, for his Huey Long bio.& getting reply:"Your boss is rt on [bombing] Cambodia"
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 5 - 10:29pm
RT @Le_Figaro: Jean-Paul Sartre / Raymond Aron : le match du siècle https://t.co/WBBTzkwgFA
John Gizzi
1 week ago: Saturday Aug 5 - 12:49am
@RonFortier BECAUSE OF HIS CLASH W. SEN, HOMER FERGUSON (R-Mich)in postwar probe, Howard Hughes poured big $ to bea… https://t.co/hViVWR57if