Alabama GOP Kicks Around This Nixon a Bit
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Republican leaders in Alabama thought it was a joke when Richard M. Nixon walked in, plopped down $1,400 and said he wanted to run for state agriculture commissioner.
“Funny name,” a worker said with a smirk, thinking the man was using the name of the late president in an expensive prank.
It wasn’t a joke.
Richard Milton Nixon says he really is in the race--and he was steaming over his treatment by party officials who thought he was a bogus candidate using the name of President Richard Milhous Nixon.
“I’ve been getting this all my life,” said Nixon, 41.
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