When some members of the Ford team {including the former president and Betty} left the White House for California the next day, it was said that everyone onboard a backup plane {Carter did not grant permission for them to use Air Force One} refused to eat the peanuts from an offering of mixed nuts-and then, in a fit of political pique {reinforced, perhaps by semi-serious hangovers or still slightly inebriated embers of the previous night's ceremonial drowning of sorrows}, purposely tossed the peanuts around the aircraft.
( Mark Will-Weber )
[ Mint Juleps with Teddy ]
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