Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 328-035 Date: Monday, April 3, 1972 at 3:19 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Sanchez, Manolo Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/328-035 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] I don't think it's going to hurt in the primary. [0:26] The point that I made is that [0:30] These guys are now, you know, they're swinging wild as hell. [0:52] And on this one, I don't know, he, of course, his staffers, interlocked with Kennedy, pretty much to his criteria to make such a hell of a move. [0:55] That's great. [0:55] But to say that a corporation, even a small corporation, that would pay taxes on the karate scene, [0:59] It's just unbelievable, you know. [1:17] They know you couldn't have done it like that. [1:23] Yeah. [1:23] Yeah. [1:24] Yeah. [1:24] Yeah. [1:24] Yeah. [1:24] They're taking him on, aren't they? [1:25] Oh, yeah, the Boeing thing. [1:25] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. [1:26] Well, of course, the thing is, the media are just making all the, you know, the senators and so forth and things. [1:29] Of course, I got a little amused, but he appears to have heard you look something like that. [1:48] He is his private air force. [1:49] Good. [1:50] Airline, airline. [1:50] Yeah. [1:51] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [1:51] And the way things go, they never all run the same way. [1:53] And also, the point is, of course, that they've gotten into some concrete evidence now. [1:57] But they're still damn short on it. [1:58] Damn short on it. [2:02] The efforts to turn around were essential, because for two weeks it was there, and then we had to get some other time. [2:25] The efforts to fight the vaccine, they were in charge. [2:26] What you did was to create some doubt. [2:27] Without your efforts, there would have been no doubt. [2:28] And it would have just been the charge. [2:29] And I think all of that has had some effect on you as well. [2:31] I can just rule out a person, whether you're on the way or not, [2:34] That's good, that's good. [2:56] We're good, yeah. [2:56] I think there's always a great mission to be able to be a doctor and a police now. [2:58] That's what I'm seeing. [2:58] I think that's a great role to be able to get the needs right now. [3:00] I think that's what I'm hearing. [3:00] It's up in the air, and I think most people will find it's not going to be a long, long time. [3:03] They've all got it in them. [3:36] I hope you had a good weekend, all right? [3:59] All of the people that got into the school, but any other, any other, any other, any other, any other, any other, any other, [4:07] Really? [4:22] Well, that's good. [4:33] If Montgomery's first, I'm pretty certain he's going to be third. [4:36] What we want them to do is to all stay so reasonably well [4:38] In fact, it would be good to have a must-see for that third or fourth. [4:59] He's canceled his filming going on statewide. [5:00] That's my kind of audience, though. [5:01] He's only on one station. [5:02] The most statement I've had is, you see, unless, you know, it's a statewide effort to realize, that only gets about an eight. [5:06] You know, because... [5:07] If you have the NBC or the CBS network, they can do some other program. [5:21] I get on as president, as vice president, and also as a candidate, you know. [5:29] They just can't draw. [5:30] Two networks. [5:30] Two networks. [5:31] Oh, it ain't marked. [5:33] Oh, yeah. [5:34] Build it. [5:35] All right. [5:37] Well, that would be interesting. [5:57] I don't know if he's doing so well with exposure. [5:59] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [6:00] Oh, well, that's when he's really going to have trouble. [6:02] Get, for example, with people like that. [6:03] Get, for example, Gilligan, which would be, oh boy, you know, [6:08] Stay there. [6:31] I love you, son. [6:34] I love you, son. [6:34] I love you, son. [6:34] I love you, son. [6:35] I love you, son. [6:35] I love you, son. [6:35] I love you, son. [6:36] I mean, I know you're just saying how to get out. [6:58] Of course, Romney did it. [6:59] I must say, he did it in a beautiful way. [6:59] He's a real man. [7:00] That's just very close to where I came from. [7:02] There's our car. [7:02] We've got an ambivalence here. [7:07] We'll do it again later, too. [7:27] Okay, well, anyway, you don't have to worry about it. [7:31] I'm trying. [7:31] I think the intervention will have a real effect, don't you think? [7:35] Well, okay. [7:48] Don't. [7:48] There's no question about it. [7:48] I'm just saying that we need to figure out what's okay. [7:49] All right.