Presidents and First Ladies Trivia

[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Gene! It was actually your second-to--last post here:
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...l#pid37373
...that made me think of this:
Q. Mr. President, have you lost the broccoli vote?
Q. What about it, since you brought it up?
Q. Yes, can you give us a broccoli statement?

The President. Now, look, this is the last statement I'm going to have on broccoli. [Laughter] There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. [Laughter] I do not like broccoli. [Laughter] And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid, and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. [Laughter]

Wait a minute. For the broccoli vote out there, Barbara loves broccoli. [Laughter] She's tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So, she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that's coming in from Washington. [Laughter]

Q. Cauliflower?
Q. Lima beans?
Q. Brussels sprouts?

[At this point, the President made a thumbs-down gesture.]

Q. Ah-ha, thumbs down on brussels sprouts.

See the President's News Conference, March 22, 1990:
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=18284

The list BTW reads on: "Even something healthy, like yogurt or oat bran, he would have spiced up with Butterfingers."
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/23/us/i-m...ccoli.html