Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 283-013
Date: Wednesday, October 6, 1971 at 8:25 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Goldwater, Barry M.
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-013

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:10] Yeah.
[0:10] Hello.
[0:11] Barry, I just wanted to tell you I've just been very grateful for the way you've been knocking them around lately.
[0:19] I drove back and I went over to do a finance thing for John Rollins, the National Committee at Telluride today.
[0:24] I drove back with Bob Dole and he said, you guys are on an airplane with 3 o'clock in the morning on the 94th.
[0:27] But it's really been great, and I think the way you nailed old Teddy on that crawling stage was good.
[0:49] And you know, as Hubert followed your lot, you might as well see that.
[0:50] Why do you think he did that?
[0:51] What's he there?
[0:53] You think he wants to get in on the game, huh?
[0:55] Yeah.
[0:55] Yeah, yeah.
[0:56] Yeah, he's the most decent man.
[0:57] Right.
[0:58] That's right, that's right.
[1:16] But Teddy went beyond the pale on that.
[1:18] But how do people react to you?
[1:21] They... Yeah, right, right, good.
[1:21] Yeah, incidentally, I want you to know on the judge thing, so I can assure you there, if I have to,
[1:27] fighting for the balance of this, and we're going to have two conservative judges.
[1:41] Yeah.
[1:41] Oh, I know Richter well.
[1:49] He's an excellent man.
[1:50] Great.
[1:50] Yeah.
[1:50] The great difficulty of the damn bar we have come to because of the lack of
[1:56] But boy, he's the right age and everything.
[2:15] Doesn't mean a damn thing.
[2:20] Look at Brennan.
[2:20] That's right.
[2:21] That's right.
[2:21] Right.
[2:21] They're not worried me a bit.
[2:22] Not one bit.
[2:22] I was sorry to give up on Toss, but Toss felt he couldn't put his family through it.
[2:24] Oh, yeah.
[2:26] Yeah.
[2:28] But he thought he deserved it.
[2:35] Okay.
[2:36] Thank you.