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Thread #124613 Message #4087292
Posted By: GUEST,cnd
09-Jan-21 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Here's to the State of Mississippi (Ochs)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Here's to the State of Mississippi (Ochs)
Forgive the historical ignorance but what's the tie between Billy Graham and Tricky Dick? He's revered by many here in NC to this day (Graham, that is) and I'm not familiar with any ill association he had with Nixon.
I don't want to get this into a political or religious discussion here. For better or for worse, Billy Graham was a trusted advisor to Richard Nixon, as he was to many Presidents. Phil Ochs, correctly or incorrectly, saw that as being allied with Nixon; and he's the one who wrote "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon." Ochs and Graham are dead now, and can't explain themselves.
-Joe Offer-