Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 028-021
Date: Monday, July 31, 1972 at 10:16 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-021

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[0:03] Go gung-ho on that out front.
[0:22] Go gung-ho, as I said.
[0:24] Get every goddamn thing there is on that son of a bitch.
[0:27] Okay.
[0:34] too early to use the letter from Fort Wayne, isn't it?
[0:40] I don't think we ought to.
[0:42] No.
[0:42] I don't think we ought to use it.
[0:44] I don't think we want to use it at all.
[0:47] That's my view because of the Cleveland episode, you know.
[0:53] You just never know how that sort of thing is going to react.
[0:59] But anyway, only I would say it's the last that worries him, you know what I mean?
[1:04] He might use it in that way.
[1:06] Only then, but not now.
[1:08] In any event, we certainly can worry him about O'Brien, can't we?
[1:12] Oh, yeah.
[1:14] I think there you take it head on.
[1:15] You don't pull any punches at all.
[1:17] That's right.
[1:18] You just leap out and say the guy's again proven his incredibly bad judgment.
[1:25] Sure.
[1:25] And you don't hit it on O'Brien.
[1:27] You hit it on McGovern's bad judgment again.
[1:30] Exactly.
[1:31] Now he's got a guy.
[1:33] is totally unqualified for elective office, which he recognizes himself because he's never run for elective office.
[1:41] Secondly, and then he's doing all this stuff.
[1:47] Well, I'm sure we have that Indiana stuff in the bank, just like LeBron's stuff.
[1:53] Yep.
[1:54] Only you.
[1:55] It's all good.
[1:56] It's interesting.
[2:06] Thank you.