James K. Polk Quotes
Mr. Van Buren is the most fallen man I have ever known.
James K. Polk, 1795-1849, 11th President of the United States (Democrat), View of his successor, Martin Van Buren, 1847
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In those days the party bosses picked the Vice Presidential nominee, and they picked Nixon. As the President got to know his running made, his dislike developed. In Nixon’s entire tenure as Vice President he was never invited to the private presidential quarters of the White House for a meeting or a social occasion. Eisenhower, who loved golf and played with many politicians of both parties and many celebrities would never play golf with Nixon. In part, these types of snubs and insults, were the forerunner of the later Nixon hatred of the American establishments that was revealed by the Nixon tapes.
Amazingly the newspaper castigated Cunningham for making obscene gestures and saying “Fuck You” to constituents who would tell the Congressman that there was too much Defense spending. The reason this was amazing is that the San Diego Union supported Cunningham every single time he ran for election and never wrote a word about his illegally swinging contracts to firms. He had been taking bribes all along and when the Federal judge sentenced him to jail called him the ‘most corrupt congressman in American History.’
James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy. Polk is chiefly known for extending the territory of the United States through the Mexican–American War; during his presidency, the United States expanded significantly with the annexation of the Republic of Texas, the Oregon Territory, and the Mexican Cession following the American victory in the Mexican–American War.
