Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 045-209
Date: Thursday, May 10, 1973 at 5:17 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-209

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[0:01] Hello.
[0:02] I was wondering, you were telling me who was at your table last night, and you said Hope Lewis was there and the Marriotts, huh?
[0:08] Hope Lewis and the Marriotts and George Champion and... And George, George Champion.
[0:12] How did he look?
[0:13] Is he...
[0:14] He looked fine.
[0:15] He looked fine.
[0:16] Fine, fine.
[0:16] And they were all... And he brought three tables up from... Who?
[0:19] His son, who's been very... Oh, yeah.
[0:21] Oh, he's terrific.
[0:22] He's been our chairman in Florida.
[0:23] He brought tables up from, three full tables up from...
[0:25] But you said they were all very, very enthusiastic about it, huh?
[0:29] Yeah.
[0:29] Yeah.
[0:30] Well, it's nice to have such good friends, isn't it, John?
[0:32] It really is.
[0:32] You know, it's really tragic to have such a day to have such great guys as Mitchell and Stans invited, son of a bitch.
[0:39] Yeah.
[0:39] I got Stans.
[0:40] He was out at the hospital.
[0:41] Poor old Mitchell's been testifying in front of the Senate committee, I guess, today.
[0:46] Yeah.
[0:46] And he drove—he had a driver bring him down, I suppose, so he wouldn't get heckled on the plane.
[0:51] Oh, be damned.
[0:52] Or, you know, or bothered.
[0:54] Good for him.
[0:55] And then he's going to drive back.
[0:57] I didn't want to place a call to the house because he'd be calling someone.
[1:00] Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure.
[1:01] Well, that's all right.
[1:02] Just the main thing is he must know he's got friends.
[1:05] That's right.
[1:06] Well, I told the officer I'd call him in the morning.
[1:10] Good.
[1:10] And Mari really appreciated it.
[1:12] And he just, he's sure that...
[1:14] He said, you know, it's hard to believe all this.
[1:18] He said, one day I'll walk back in with my head high, and I said, you keep it high now, Martha.
[1:23] Oh, the hell with it.
[1:24] You know, Maury wouldn't lie, you know.
[1:27] He probably forgot this, and you know how it is.
[1:30] He was having a lot of things, and he never intended to do a thing, you know.
[1:35] And I'm sure John was just so plagued by that goddamn Martha.
[1:38] You know, Rose, I know these men.
[1:41] They are good men.
[1:42] If it burns my tail about all this, you know?
[1:47] Yeah, it's just incredible.
[1:49] Well, anyway.
[1:50] He did appreciate it.
[1:52] Maury appreciated the call, and I'm sure John will.
[1:54] I'll get him in the morning, because I want to try it.
[1:57] But at your party last night, you said they were really quite enthusiastic.
[2:01] Oh, yes.
[2:02] Yeah.
[2:03] And I thought the ovation was really great, didn't you?
[2:07] was the best we ever had.
[2:08] Yeah, it was just marvelous.
[2:10] You know, I've been to those dentists before, they don't even care usually, but you know, when you're under attack, they all care.
[2:16] Yeah, the ones who've got any backbone do.
[2:19] And the other thing, too, is that I think
[2:22] The new team in running that thing was so much better.
[2:27] Yes, yes.
[2:27] You mean Bush and— Yeah, Bush and— Brock and Michael.
[2:31] Right.
[2:32] So much better.
[2:33] Rather than, you know, the poor Bob Wilson and Bob Dole and the others.
[2:36] Bob Dole wasn't bad.
[2:38] He was a pretty good speaker, but poor Bob Wilson was pathetic.
[2:41] Yeah, I know.
[2:41] And Dominic was pathetic.
[2:43] Dominic was head-headed, yeah, yeah.
[2:45] Yeah, you're right.
[2:46] Bob Dole wasn't bad as a speaker, but Bush is better.
[2:49] Bush has got a cleaner look.
[2:51] Oh, Bush, he's just a terrific guy.
[2:54] Right, right.
[2:56] But I must say that, you know, the ovation was something because everybody thought that nobody would cheer.
[3:02] They all came off their seats.
[3:04] Yeah.
[3:04] Oh, yeah.
[3:05] Bush is great.
[3:06] Yeah.
[3:06] Well, okay.
[3:09] Okay.
[3:09] Bye.
[3:10] Bye.
[3:10] Bye.