http://www.elvisblog.net/blog A Weekly Blog of News, History, and Commentary about Elvis Presley en-us Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:59:21 -0500 POLITICS (3) Blogware Phil Arnold http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2008/10/4/3915135.html http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2008/10/4/3915135.html Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:24:00 -0400 I assume all readers of ElvisBlog have seen the famous photo of Elvis and President Richard Nixon. Today we are going to have some fun with the iconic picture. It may also be the most Photoshopped picture in the world. IMAGES (48) POLITICS (3) THE MOST UNUSUAL ELVIS ARTICLES ON THE WEB (62) Nixon Phil Arnold http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2005/6/12/3491390.html http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2005/6/12/3491390.html Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:24:00 -0400 How's that for an attention-grabbing headline? With two-inch high letters, it dominated the front page of the May 16, 2006, issue of the tabloid Weekly World News. I chuckled when I saw that their 'Political Writer' wrote it. It seems like it should have been their 'Not-Really-Dead-Rock-Star Writer. POLITICS (3) politics Phil Arnold http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2005/5/1/3488875.html http://www.elvisblog.net/blog/_archives/2005/5/1/3488875.html Sun, 01 May 2005 04:59:00 -0400 Hours of surfing the Internet for Elvis stuff can be rewarding when you discover a true gem. Such was the case when I found the text of a 1993 San Francisco Examiner column by Greil Marcus. That name should be familiar to you, because Marcus is the author of two famous Elvis books: Mystery Train (1997) and Dead Elvis (1999). Marcus reported that during the 1992 campaign, the press corps started comparing Bill Clinton to Elvis, although the candidate never did this himself. POLITICS (3) president politics