Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 033-022
Date: Saturday, November 4, 1972 at 10:20 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hirsch, Robert
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-022

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[0:00] There you are, sir.
[0:02] Good morning, Mr. President.
[0:03] Bob, I know you're getting toward the end of a campaign.
[0:06] You're probably a bit tired and everything, but just pour on the coal right till Election Day, and you're going to win.
[0:12] We're going to do that, Mr. President.
[0:14] And a lot of success to you on this win that you make as you go to California for your voting opportunity.
[0:18] I only wish I could come to South Dakota because South Dakota has been very good to me.
[0:22] It's a state that I have never lost.
[0:24] And let me say, I don't... We're going to do it on this occasion.
[0:27] Things are very good for you.
[0:29] Ed Cox was in with us yesterday on four different...
[0:32] Great, great.
[0:36] Let me say that we need the team there.
[0:39] We need you in that United States Senate because you stand for the things that I stand for.
[0:46] You stand for peace with honor rather than peace with surrender.
[0:50] You stand for a strong America rather than a weak America.
[0:53] You stand for prosperity without war, without inflation.
[0:56] We stand for and you stand for the kind of progress that will build this country in a way that we can all have the opportunity we want.
[1:04] And I think that you will be a tower of strength in the Senate
[1:09] And we want you there, and I wish you the very best.
[1:12] Well, thank you, Mr. President.
[1:13] We're going to give you a full congressional slate in John Vickerman in the 1st Congressional District and Jim Abner in the 2nd Congressional District.
[1:20] They are like-minded people.
[1:22] We will provide a good team to help the administration get the very necessary things done that need to be done.
[1:28] The Dakota stands behind you, Mr. President, and as you leave the nation's capital to swing west, I have the assurance that that will be the result on Tuesday next.
[1:36] Let me say this, that I stand behind South Dakota, too.
[1:40] And also, I want you to know that you should point out that my wife is, as you know, is basically...
[1:50] You could almost say a granddaughter of South Dakota because her parents were married in South Dakota.
[1:55] I think that's right.
[1:56] So we're very proud.
[1:59] Your very excellent record is the reason why South Dakota stands firmly behind you and will support your re-election.
[2:05] Great, and good luck to you now, and work hard.
[2:07] Bye.