Sweating it out with Mr. Nixon By Patrick Pacheco Dec. 3, 2006 12 AM PT Special to The Times ...

Both Smith and Nixon have considerably more history in Green Bay than Sweat does in Chicago, and both players are poised to remain fixtures of the Packers’ defense for several seasons to come ...

The tweet referred to President Richard Nixon, who once lost a televised debate as viewers noticed he was excessively sweating, and appeared totally flustered, compared to his opponent John F Kennedy.

Forget Nixon sweating in black and white--HDTV and direct-to-audience feedback are enough for people to change their opinions. But that might not even matter.

Nixon however was suffering from a bout of the flu and appeared grey. When Nixon started sweating under the studio lights, his make-up powder began to run and he began to perspire.