Word: gridironic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every President must each year, Ike attended the Gridiron Club's white-tie dinner. The affair is private, and newsmen who attend are supposed to keep mum about what they see and hear, but next day the word was all over Washington. Ike had offhandedly endorsed Richard Nixon for President. Noting that next year a new President would be occupying his place, the story went, Ike said it would save a lot of bother just to move the distance of two chairs. Sitting two chairs away, his face a well-controlled mask: Vice President Nixon...
Inevitably, newsmen asked the President about the Gridiron Club plug at his midweek press conference. Said Ike: "If anyone is wondering whether I have any personal preference or even bias with respect to this upcoming presidential race, the answer is yes, very definitely." As if that was not clear enough to all present, another newsman asked later on if the President had meant Vice President Nixon. Retorted Ike: "Was there any doubt in your mind...