Dick Tuck & Political Mudslinging How One Man Made Richard Nixon’s Life A Living Hell.

Dick Tuck &Dick Tuck &Political MudslingingPolitical Mudslinging

How One Man MadeHow One Man Made

Richard Nixon’s LifeRichard Nixon’s Life

A Living HellA Living Hell

Dick Tuck & Political MudslingingDick Tuck & Political Mudslinging

The Art of Practical JokingThe Art of Practical Joking

You must have patience and let your You must have patience and let your victim suffer until exactly the right moment, victim suffer until exactly the right moment, when you can finally let them in on the when you can finally let them in on the joke you have playedjoke you have played

On one hand, it is only human nature to be On one hand, it is only human nature to be curious to see how far you can push a curious to see how far you can push a person…on the other is the fact you may person…on the other is the fact you may actually turn your friend into an enemy actually turn your friend into an enemy

Nixon-Douglas Senate CampaignNixon-Douglas Senate Campaign

Tuck decided that he Tuck decided that he would undermine would undermine Nixon by getting Nixon by getting himself hired as a himself hired as a campaign workercampaign worker

Nixon had not planned Nixon had not planned to speak on the IMFto speak on the IMF

““Dick Tuck, you've Dick Tuck, you've made your last made your last advance”advance”

1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debates1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debates

Those who listened Those who listened to the debate felt to the debate felt Nixon won, but on Nixon won, but on camera Nixon camera Nixon looked tired, ragged looked tired, ragged and unshavenand unshaven““That's all right, Mr. That's all right, Mr. Nixon…he beat you Nixon…he beat you last night, but you'll last night, but you'll win next time”win next time”

Mack The KnifeMack The Knife

““Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear, and he Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear, and he shows em, pearly white, just a jack knife has shows em, pearly white, just a jack knife has macheath dear, and he keeps it way out of sight”macheath dear, and he keeps it way out of sight”

Nixon Chinatown RallyNixon Chinatown Rally

At a rally in At a rally in Chinatown, Tuck Chinatown, Tuck distributed signs and distributed signs and fortune cookies that fortune cookies that read “Welcome read “Welcome Nixon!”Nixon!”Below the English Below the English welcome, a line of welcome, a line of Chinese letters read Chinese letters read “How about the “How about the Hughes loan?”Hughes loan?”

Nixon’s Whistle StopNixon’s Whistle Stop

Tuck dressed up as Tuck dressed up as a train conductor a train conductor and signaled a train and signaled a train to leave the station to leave the station while Nixon was while Nixon was delivering a speech delivering a speech from its rearfrom its rear

““The Democrat The Democrat Pixie of 1964”Pixie of 1964”

California State SenateCalifornia State Senate

"Just wait till the dead vote comes in.“"Just wait till the dead vote comes in.“

"The people have spoken, the bastards.""The people have spoken, the bastards."

TUCKTUCK

Nixon’s The One!Nixon’s The One!

The fodder this time The fodder this time was Nixon’s 1968 was Nixon’s 1968 campaign slogan campaign slogan “Nixon’s the One!”“Nixon’s the One!”

Tuck hired lots of Tuck hired lots of pregnant women to pregnant women to show up at a Nixon show up at a Nixon rally waving “Nixon’s rally waving “Nixon’s the One!” signsthe One!” signs

Nixon ParanoiaNixon Paranoia

At one point, a huge At one point, a huge shipment of buttons shipment of buttons printed in Greek, printed in Greek, Chinese, and Italian Chinese, and Italian arrived at Nixon's arrived at Nixon's campaign campaign headquartersheadquarters

Tuck hadn’t touched Tuck hadn’t touched the buttons at all…the buttons at all…

Donald SegrettiDonald Segretti

Nixon wanted his Nixon wanted his campaign to campaign to develop a “Dick develop a “Dick Tuck capability”Tuck capability”

““Shows what a Shows what a master Dick Tuck master Dick Tuck is...Segretti's hasn’t is...Segretti's hasn’t been a bit similar”been a bit similar”

Responsible for Watergate?!?Responsible for Watergate?!?

Tuck is mentioned in Tuck is mentioned in an October 1972 an October 1972 Oval Office tape Oval Office tape when Nixon is when Nixon is speaking to H.R. speaking to H.R. HaldemanHaldeman

““Dick Tuck did that Dick Tuck did that to me…let's get out to me…let's get out what Dick Tuck did!what Dick Tuck did!””

Tuck’s Modern Take on PoliticsTuck’s Modern Take on Politics

““I never tried to be malicious…it's just the difference I never tried to be malicious…it's just the difference between altering fortune cookies to make a candidate between altering fortune cookies to make a candidate look funny and altering State Department cables to make look funny and altering State Department cables to make it look as if a former President were a murderer”it look as if a former President were a murderer”