AP: Today In History for Aug. 9 - 'Our Long National Nightmare is Over'

[Hissyspit]

Run time: 02:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1NySXmgDLs   Posted on YouTube: August 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: AssociatedPress Views on YouTube: 185   Posted on DU: August 09, 2010 By DU Member: Hissyspit Views on DU: 716

 
AssociatedPress | August 08, 2010

Highlights of this day in history: The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; President Richard Nixon resigns; Charles Manson cult murders actress Sharon Tate and four others; Singer Whitney Houston born; Musician Jerry Garcia dies.

[Make7]

1. Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

I could not help but think of this classic onion article:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/
 

[markbark]

2. The nightmare of Nixon

The nightmare of Nixon was mere persiflage compared to what was to come just six years later.

...and as an aside, "The nightmare of Nixon" makes a neat addition to the alliteration of "nattering nabobs of negativity"

--MAB