The Beatles Bible - Topic: Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Celebrated_Mr_K on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7414 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7414 Helen Gahagan Douglas used that name for Nixon in his 1950 Senate race.  Two decades before John Lennon used it.

That's not to say that John didn't popularize its use.

]]> Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:46:48 +0100 Joe on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7335 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7335 Cool, that's good enough for me. Thanks all.

]]> Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:14:09 +0100 Zig on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7277 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7277 I seem to remember my parents referring to him as Tricky Dick prior to Watergate.

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:40:46 +0100 Von Bontee on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7276 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7276 There's also Philip Roth's 1971 novel "Our Gang", featuring president "Tricky Dixon"

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:38:12 +0100 skye on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7272 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7272 I thought it was just Tricky Dick.

Edit: Here we go - 1950 Senate race from the same reliable source!

]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:01:26 +0100 MrBig on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7271 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7271 Joe said:

Attention people who remember the early 1970s!

I've been doing a bit of research into the Imagine songs, and found this on the <sarcasm>ever-reliable</sarcasm> Wikipedia:

"Lennon's dig at US President Richard Nixon, referring to him in the lyrics of the song as "Tricky Dicky," proved to be increasingly relevant after the song's release, when in 1972 the Watergate scandal erupted. "Tricky Dicky" became a popular nickname for Nixon during the Watergate hearings, and came into widespread usage."

Wasn't Nixon widely known as Tricky Dicky prior to Watergate? Otherwise how would anyone have known that Lennon was ...]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:58:08 +0100 Joe on Gimme Some Truth http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7266 John Lennon http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/john-lennon/gimme-some-truth/#p7266 Attention people who remember the early 1970s!

I've been doing a bit of research into the Imagine songs, and found this on the <sarcasm>ever-reliable</sarcasm> Wikipedia:

"Lennon's dig at US President Richard Nixon, referring to him in the lyrics of the song as "Tricky Dicky," proved to be increasingly relevant after the song's release, when in 1972 the Watergate scandal erupted. "Tricky Dicky" became a popular nickname for Nixon during the Watergate hearings, and came into widespread usage."

Wasn't Nixon widely known as Tricky Dicky prior to Watergate? Otherwise how would anyone have known that Lennon was referring to ...]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:59:36 +0100