Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 334-014 Date: Tuesday, May 2, 1972 at 10:00 AM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob") Recording device: Old Executive Office Building Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-014 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] To be considered by the people who are going to work on this today, and of course, is that what we should, I think, do, I say that because it is, I doubt it is, but it is, you know, close to slaving and attacking, and not mainly when you're suggesting that you're going to do a combination design. [0:25] What is the election? [0:35] The fact that this is, as you understand, is how it is. [0:36] It's not the White people who are president. [0:37] It's not the White people who are president. [0:38] It's not the White people who are president. [0:39] It's not the White people who are president. [0:40] It's not the White people who are president. [0:41] It's not the White people who are president. [0:42] It's not the White people who are president. [0:43] It's not the White people who are president. [0:44] It's not the White people who are president. [0:45] It's not the White people who are president. [0:45] It's not the White people who are president. [0:46] It's not the White people who are president. [0:47] It's not the White people who are president. [0:48] It's not the White people who are president. [0:49] It's not the White people who are president. [0:50] It's not the White people who are president. [0:51] It's not the White people who are president. [0:52] It's not the White people who are president. [0:53] It's not the White people who are president. [0:54] It's not the White people who are president. [0:54] It's not the [0:56] He's able to do that. [1:23] I mean, he can still go over physically. [1:23] I mean, that's the whole point. [1:25] See, you put in a call that may be an advantage. [1:37] If he's mentally all right, you could just call it down there to the office and he's in charge and he has an element of good aid. [1:44] But the point being that everybody knows that he can't serve beyond that. [1:46] But he gets, after his long years of service in the Bureau, he gets the honor of being a director and acting for a while. [1:49] Now, if you start to read over the can of worms, you start to look for the same idea. [1:51] We start making an appointment right now to submit it to the Senate. [2:13] The President has this here. [2:14] It would be one hell of a mess. [2:15] I just think it's very impure. [2:15] And, of course, it's an actual default vote. [2:16] There's no reason to make any point on the ground. [2:17] That was the one thing he made. [2:18] His life is in the court. [2:18] He submits his resignation to the next president, whoever he is. [2:20] So it's not meant for us to have trouble. [2:21] All right, come on.