Lewis Grizzard Quotes
It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.
Grizzard, Lewis. Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night. Villard Books, 1989.
Referring to the actions of United States Attorney General, Edwin M. Meese III, in the Wedtech case. This was a very unusual situation where a United States Attorney publicly admits to the bad behavior of a former Attorney General.
The Russian leadership thought little of it and assumed that it had no consequences. An American Communist official in the Kremlin, Morris Childs, told them that Nixon might actually lose his job over Watergate. Childs was actually an FBI spy. See his quote.
They are reputed to have had an affair during the war.
Nixon’s brother Donald Nixon was a notoriously poor businessman and was in financial difficulties. The Vice President asked the Howard Hughes attorney if a loan could be arranged for brother Donald. Nixon told Dietrich that “My family comes ahead of my political career.” The $25,000 loan was arranged and “laundered” by coming from Frank Waters, a Hughes attorney to Nixon’s mother who in turn gave the money to Donald. He promptly spent it all and 2 weeks later Don’s business went under. No quid pro quo has ever been proved, although see Howard Hughes’ quotation.
After a memo was circulated about House Speaker-elect Tom Foley that implied that the congressman was a homosexual:. at the Republican National Committee, source of the offending letter
Lewis McDonald Grizzard Jr. was an American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian and lecturer.
