1.   To rock a rhyme that's right on time
2.   Dick

1968 was one of the worst years this country ever endured. ("This country" being the United States, so, sorry to all my Lichtensteinian followers.)

Events in Vietnam (notably the Battle of Khe Sanh and the Tet Offensive) accelerated the rate of military casualties, further dividing Americans and some future Canadians.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April, then Robert Kennedy in June.

Civil rights struggles led to violent confrontations and cities burning.

Police bashed fresh young skulls outside the Democratic Convention in Chicago.

The Bobby Goldsboro song "Honey" went to #1 on the Billboard charts.

Clearly, some really horrible shit was happening and it was a time of great confusion. We required a leader who could step forward, allay our fears and restore calm.

And so it was that on this very September 16th, 42 years ago tonight, presidential nominee Richard Nixon took to our nation's airwaves and amazingly graced America with the four soothing words we needed to hear.

Less than two months later he would be elected President of the United States over Hubert H. Humphrey, proving that this country was prepared to elect a man with a middle name like "Milhous" as long as he displayed such fortitude. And had a better makeup artist than he did in 1960.