Misfits - Lost In Space

Contrary to all expectations, the maneuver was a success. Elvis's letter went the usual way through the back streets of the White House and turned out to be at one of President Nixon's advisers, who, to put it mildly, was puzzled by the curious patriotic speech that caught his eye. The emphasized allusions to the communist threat and the author’s obsessive desire to uproot the drugs were at least strange, but Presley was not in doubt about the sincerity, and this visit could even serve the president who did not get along with the younger generation. Supporting a pop idol on a scale like Elvis would probably have tweaked the image of Richard Nixon in the eyes of the general public in the middle of his presidency. The Nixon administration talked about whether to organize this meeting, and in the end it was decided to invite Presley the same morning.