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America's Obsession With Presidential Masks


Claire.

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What's Behind America's Obsession With Presidential Masks?

In 1969, thousands of anti-war marchers gathered the day before Richard Nixon’s inauguration to protest the Vietnam War, marching in a raucous “counter-inaugural” parade along Pennsylvania Avenue. One of these protesters wore a Nixon mask, attracting the attention of The New York Times, which wrote that he “marched the entire-20-block distance in a mime of picking his nose.” The identity of the nose-picking Nixon is still unknown, but the moment helped spawn what is now a familiar Halloween sight—the presidential mask. The phenomenon has become so well-known that some pundits (either ironically or seriously) believe that it can help predict election outcomes: Since the Nixon era, the presidential candidate with the best-selling costume mask has always taken the White House.

The anti-Nixon protest may not have been a Halloween gag, but it marks the first time a presidential mask was mentioned in newspapers. Ten months later, Tricia Nixon, the president’s daughter, threw a Halloween party at the White House for 250 underprivileged children associated with Urban Service Corps, one of her volunteer efforts. Vampires, gypsies and a cross-dressing Marine entered the White House through an enormous wooden pumpkin constructed on the North Portico. The press spotted another "president" there, too, a female guest who showed up "in an LBJ face mask, 10-gallon hat, and riding britches, swiveling heads and provoking giggles wherever she went.”

Read more: Smithsonian

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During his first term I had a Obama faced mask with a machete. 

No special reason he was just the president at the time.

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The latest numbers I've seen have Trump outselling Hildebeast by 10%.  And THAT was pre-Weiner :w00t:

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