Esquire 70th Anniversary Quiz: Why Is This Man Really Laughing?
Esquire, October, 2003 by David Jacobson, Stephen Sherrill, David Cross, Daniel Radosh, Brian Frazer, Larry Doyle
For the past forty-one years, we have featured this photo of Richard Nixon in our Dubious Achievements accompanied by the headline WHY IS THIS MAN LAUGHING? On the occasion of our seventieth anniversary, we set out to discover the real reason for Nixon's hilarity. See if you can spot the actual explanation below.
1. Nixon has learned of the positive public-opinion polls following his Checkers speech.
2. He has just been told he won the Republican nomination in 1960.
3. He has just found out that his Chinese diplomacy has resulted in the first Coca-Cola franchise in that country.
4. Pat has just okayed a threesome with Rose Mary Woods.
5. After Nixon said, "Washington is full of Jews," and "Most Jews are disloyal," and "You can't trust the...
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