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I found this in my garage...Forgot I had it, I am NOT a Crook! (Original Post) rustydog Sep 2012 OP
Sure it is! LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #1
Ha HA! rustydog Sep 2012 #3
It's worth a brand-new $3.00 bill! regnaD kciN Sep 2012 #2
Complete set -- Do you have "Agnew's the Other One"? immoderate Sep 2012 #4
Nope, just the one. As one can see, there is a wrinkle in the photo rustydog Sep 2012 #5
A rare find, no doubt... immoderate Sep 2012 #14
Or, instead of being worth $$$$$$$$ like the Curtiss-Jenny invert, Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #16
I used to have a button that said "Nixon Now More Than Ever" mucifer Sep 2012 #6
Thus answering the question, once and for all.. Permanut Sep 2012 #7
Yes! MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #8
I found three lenticular Nixon campaign buttons on Ebay... GReedDiamond Sep 2012 #9
I have a friend who's earliest memory is of Nixon hovering menacingly over his crib... Walk away Sep 2012 #10
Great story! LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #12
There are people who collect stuff like this. Google it. I bet you'd find something. southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #11
"You Can't Lick Our Dick" that was a real button Blue Meany Sep 2012 #13
How did I miss that? LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #15
In '72, my buddy and I received special awards from High School rustydog Sep 2012 #18
If this is the '68 campaign, I was 14 years old rustydog Sep 2012 #17
I'll tell you what PlanetBev Sep 2012 #19

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
5. Nope, just the one. As one can see, there is a wrinkle in the photo
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:21 PM
Sep 2012

I don't recall it not having the wrinkle, it could be a manufacturing blemish

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
14. A rare find, no doubt...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:59 PM
Sep 2012

Put it on e-bay. Maybe it's an oft sought anomaly, like...

Who knows?

--imm

mucifer

(23,374 posts)
6. I used to have a button that said "Nixon Now More Than Ever"
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:23 PM
Sep 2012

It made me laugh so I bought it for a buck or 2. That was in the '80s. I don't know where it is.

Permanut

(5,439 posts)
7. Thus answering the question, once and for all..
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:24 PM
Sep 2012

(" I'll take really bad Presidents for $200, Alex&quot

"Who was the second worst President in the history of the US?"

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
8. Yes!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:25 PM
Sep 2012

Especially when we equate him as left of most members of the entire Congress. We could then append the button to read, "Nixon's the one LEFT of most of Congress!"

No shit!

GReedDiamond

(5,299 posts)
9. I found three lenticular Nixon campaign buttons on Ebay...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:27 PM
Sep 2012

...different than yours, here's one:



It does not look too much like a lenticular image, but according to the description, it is. The buy it now price is $24.99.

The other two were around $15.

Here's one of them:

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
10. I have a friend who's earliest memory is of Nixon hovering menacingly over his crib...
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:37 PM
Sep 2012

His mother was the Bergen County Chairwoman of the Republican party and she plastered posters of Tricky Dick all over the house. He grew up to be an Atheist and a Liberal Democrat. He even raised a bunch of Leftie kids.

rustydog

(9,186 posts)
18. In '72, my buddy and I received special awards from High School
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:37 PM
Sep 2012

for raising the community's awareness with our reader board signs.
One I recall was "Tricky Dicks Gone thieu China, Rotsa ruck!"

our signs caused more people to call the school to voice either approval or dismay over the messages we put up.

PlanetBev

(4,098 posts)
19. I'll tell you what
Fri Sep 28, 2012, 01:29 AM
Sep 2012

If it was a choice between Romney and Nixon, I'd drive out to Yorba Linda right now and dig Nixon up myself.

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