http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Nixon_Lookalike.mp3 George Akers bears an uncanny resemblance to Richard Nixon. Plone 2.0 http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Nixon_Lookalike.mp3/logo.jpg http://thestory.org/special-features/when-politics-get-personal/Nixon_Lookalike.mp3 <p></p><h4>You're not Nixon!</h4><p class="imageleft"><img class="image-left" src="resolveuid/e27ba544a2166febce3811b9f91820fe" alt="George Akers" height="100" width="100" />George Akers - <a title="George Akers Nixon" href="resolveuid/af1646f592d1e06b948703021f986a4a" target="_self">larger &gt;&gt;</a><br /></p><p>At a time when many people are sorting out which candidate they identify with, George Akers remembers being regularly identified <i>as</i> a candidate by other people: he bears an uncanny resemblance to Richard Nixon. The resemblance was usually the stuff of harmless jokes. But in 1970, George was on a picnic with his university students in a park near Camp David. On a whim, the group drove to the gate at Camp David, and to their astonishment were let in. George tells Dick about his encounter there with Marines, Secret Service men, and black helicopters.</p><ul><li>See a <a title="George Akers Nixon" href="resolveuid/af1646f592d1e06b948703021f986a4a" target="_self">photo</a> of George in front of a poster of Nixon<br /></li></ul><a class="addbtn" href="http://www.publicradio.org/applications/formbuilder/user/form_display.php?form_code=608cc948ba9b" target="_self">Contact Us</a><p></p> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:45:00