Nixon Behind Bars? Publisher Gets His Licks In Against President’s Stamp
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SANTA CRUZ — Put Richard Nixon behind bars and watch liberals lap it up.
Ever since a local publisher came up with an envelope that puts a stamp bearing the former President’s mug in a jail cell, sales of the stamp have soared in this city known for its left-leaning politics.
The Nixon stamp was the slowest seller in the Santa Cruz post office until the envelopes hit, postmaster Don Cattivera said.
Now many area post offices are sold out.
Thom Zajac, publisher of the Santa Cruz Comic News, an 11-year-old cartoon newspaper, admits voting for Nixon in a mock school election before becoming a Watergate junkie.
These days, with 10,000 envelopes sold in the past month, he says it pays to poke fun.
“Buy soon,” he said, “because according to the post office, you won’t have Dick Nixon to lick around anymore.”
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