The Nixoniest Nixonian who ever Nixoned!

In some ways you almost have to admire Roger Stone. In most ways however, you don't. But this, this. After posting bond he turned and gave us the double Nixon on his way out of the courthouse this morning. Wait, the what?

The this: the ol' Double Nixon, made famous by Nixon.

But with crimes instead
of, you know, laundry.

I don't want to tell the Trump administration's latest indictmentee how to mange his own image, but reminding us how Nixononian you are maybe isn't the best look. But I'll back up. Long time political operative and Trump adviser Roger Stone was arrested by the F.B.I. early this morning. An arrest caught on camera by CNN who was staking out his house just in case. He was charged with a laundry list of offenses: one count of obstructing proceedings, six counts of giving false statements and one count of witness tampering.

You see it works much better as a taunt
when someone is actually going to jail.

Rooting around in his pockets, Stone came up with the quarter of a million dollar bond and was out. He spoke to the assembled crowd outside the courthouse where much of what he said was drowned out by chants of 'lock him up.' But the gist is that he's denying any wrongdoing. He's like totally innocent you guys. I mean, why would he lie? Except that he's sort of famous for it. And proud of it. And even calls himself 'a dirty trickster.' Did you know he used to work for Nixon? Or at least says he did.

Although the Nixon Foundation clarified today that Stone's involvement was minimal and that he was a junior scheduler. So I don't know what's worse: the fact that the Nixon Foundation doesn't want any part of Stone or that Stone is so desperate to associate himself with Nixon that he exaggerates his involvement.

Pictured: Richard Nixon and his
number one super fan, a young Roger Stone.

Because he does. This is real.

(source: no shit)

Anyway, Stone also insisted that he'll never testify against the President which-did anyone suggest that he would? Interesting that he should go there first. Anyway, he went on to suggest that any publicity is good publicity quipping:

"As I have always said, the only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

-Roger Stone Jr. earlier holy shit,

did we talk about his Nixon tattoo?

Because he totally has a Nixon tattoo

Which first of all, fuck him, that's Oscar Wilde. Secondly I suspect that being indicted for ones role in election meddling and the subsequent prison sentence which we can only hope comes along with it will be much, much worse than not being talked about.

Again, not an expert on media relations or anything, but the 'Double Nixon'
is a gesture not traditionally associated with people who aren't guilty.