Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon (1913-1994) was President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He was criticized for his role in the Vietnam War and forced to resign because he masterminded a burglary in the headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Watergate Hotel in Washington in 1972. Nixon was the first American President who resigned from office.

References

Mentioned on Roxy & Elsewhere in the song Oh No after the line "the words from your lips", where Zappa adds "I'm not a crook", the infamous defense of Nixon during the Watergate affair. During the intro to Be-Bop Tango Zappa talks about "the old days" and concludes: "Well those days are probably gone for ever, unless Nixon is gonna bring them back a little bit later."

Nixon is also the main target in the song: Dickie's Such An Asshole.