#Ronald Johnson

[alex51324]

I've never had anchovies on pizza, but I tried a recipe once that was like scalloped potatoes but also there's a tin of anchovies in there, and it was really good.

It's in one of the cookbooks written by the poet Ronald Johnson, and I only made it because everything else I'd made from his books was incredibly good. (I learned to make soup from his books, and his snickerdoodle recipe is the one I make every Christmas, and the lemon-rhubarb cake from last spring, that was one of his, and I'm sure some other things I'm forgetting.)

I should buy some anchovies and make it again.

The most delicious non-vegetable ever slandered by children's cartoons

[hezigler]

Watch "Ron condones…what?" on YouTube

Senator Ronald Johnson of Florida committed a classic Freudian slip.

[mezsygfs]

Ever hear a song someone else is playing and just think "this is so marauders coded" BUT YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING CAUSE HOW ON EARTH ARE YOU GONNA EXPLAIN YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD BASED OFF THE HARRY POTTER FRANCHISE ABOUT HIS DAD AND 3 BEST FRIENDS.

[starlight-tequila]

I'm probably extremely right and extremely wrong

[deadpresidents]

What's been your favorite Oval Office layout?

I liked President Clinton's Oval Office because I feel like the colors really popped out at you, especially with the blue carpet:

Clinton's Oval Office also kind of reminds me of the Bartlet Oval Office in The West Wing, although the Oval Office in The West Wing was always super dark for some reason. I know some readers are going to be surprised that I didn't choose LBJ because LBJ is always my answer when it comes to favorites, but the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s decorations weren't great. It is funny, however, to see the giant TVs -- one for each of the three television networks at the time -- that LBJ had in his Oval Office because he was such an information junkie (LBJ also had a teletype machine installed in the Oval Office so he could get news reports immediately):

I also really liked George W. Bush's Oval Office, but it would have been better with a bit more color. My favorite color is blue, so I would definitely have wanted to see more blue in Bush's Oval. But I do like the rug that President Bush used, which was also used by President Reagan.

For those who are interested, it looks like the awesome White House Museum website, which disappeared for a while, is now being hosted here. You can see photos of how the Oval Office was decorated for various Presidents ever since the West Wing was built.

Also, here's a great photo of a completely empty Oval Office (stripped of everything, including carpets) as it was being cleaned during the transition between Presidents on Inauguration Day:

[kindest-little-fella-in-town]

wanted to post this here for my fellow old man freaks…

i picked up some stuff in antique stores while i was in the states over summer. i have some other u.s. political pins at home displayed in boxes and whatnot, but i wanted to have a place for these guys specifically… so, i bought one of those little decorative flags to put them on.

most of them are authentic (the ones that aren’t are pretty obvious, like the wilsons and the fdr for example are repros!) and idk. i think it looks cool!

also the lbj pin is a lenticular :^D

[msachillelaurosfunnels]

My honest reaction US Presidents edition (Part 1)

[blueberry-bubbles130]

Okay people you know the drill by now. Showing historical figures fanfiction of them:

American Politician edition. Round two!

I never once in my years of existence that I would ever read a fanfiction that had Jimmy Carter and Abby Lee Miller in it. But here we are.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

the prime of miss jean brodie |1969|

[oldshowbiz]

1986.

Republicans from the Scaife-Funded AIM (Accuracy in Media) versus Miami Vice.

[politicalrpf]

Political cartoon featuring LBJ and Ronald Reagan, 1983, by Bill Mauldin.

[stone-cold-groove]

MAD magazine - October 1968.

[ronaldreaganfan]

okay but who is the MOST coquette politician out of the ones i made posts for

be as biased as you want 🎀