New information is being made available courtesy of Egil Krogh regarding the relationship between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley. It was a most remarkable scene, if you can image it, when the King of Rock and Roll walked into the office of the straight-laced President. In fact, the images from that meeting are now legendary. To be a fly on the wall……

Of all the requests made each year to the National Archives for reproductions of photographs and documents, one item has been requested more than any other. That item, more requested than the Bill of Rights or even the Constitution of the United States, is the photograph of Elvis Presley and Richard M. Nixon shaking hands on the occasion of Presley’s visit to the White House.

And now new information that keeps the story growing more interesting.

Friendship apparently meant more to Elvis Presley than politics. Egil “Bud” Krogh, the presidential aide who was convicted of running Richard Nixon’s “plumber” unit and who also guided Elvis around the White House on Dec. 21, 1970, reveals that the King and the former president kept in touch even after Watergate forced Nixon from office.

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jaja, wers glaubt...
und selbst wenn es stimmte, dann würde die freundschaft zu einer der ekligsten figuren der amerikanischen geschichte elvis nicht zur ehre gereichen.

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"We know that rock'n'roll was not a human invention, that it was the work of the Holy Ghost."
(Nick Tosches)

Elvis war für viele (vielleicht sah er sich auch selbst so) DER Vorzeige-amerikaner und als solcher betrachtete er den damaligen Präsidenten wohl als das, was er nach aussenhin zu sein schien: als Oberhaupt der amerikanischen Regierung

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Hinweis in eigener Sache:
wenn du glaubst, dass ich mich dir gegenüber wie ein Arschloch verhalte, kannst du ziemlich sicher sein, dass du es verdient hast