The race is finally on. This could turn out to be one of the best experiences of your life. First, why I can make this claim:
In 1968, my dad rented a mobile home to travel cross country emblazoned with a banner splayed across both sides, "Nixon's the One." (Akin to Lucille Ball's movie, "The Longest Trailer.)" As we traveled, I looked at pop campaign literature of the Nixon daughters, Trish and Julie, conservative-style 60s; and I wondered who the Nixon girls might marry, ala modern-day Bachlorette. (Julie married Dwight David Eisenhower II, grandson of the former president on December 22, 1968, a month after Nixon won the presidency.)
The midwest rolled by beneath our mobile trailer wheels; and Iowa cornfields, here we come!
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