Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 487-009
Date: Friday, April 23, 1971 at 12:20 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Newton, Michael; Newton, Richard (Lt.); Newton, Richard (Mrs.); Switzer, Mary; Merrill, Edward C., Jr.; Porter, Edgar B.; Dunn, Bradley P.; Segrest, Susan; Haimbach, Mary; Luzak, Karen; Bell, George T.; Huebner, Lee W.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/487-009

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[0:00] You know, Mr. President, Mr. President, this is new for the Senate movement, and you're right, we're going to have a poster child in here.
[0:25] So this is Mike.
[0:26] He's our president.
[0:26] So he said, I'm going to give this to you.
[0:27] I'm not the president, but I'm the president of the United States.
[0:28] I don't want to scare you.
[0:40] There you are.
[0:52] Watch me.
[1:32] Yeah.
[1:44] Do you like that man?
[2:10] Thank you.
[2:46] No, no, no.
[3:14] Thank you.
[4:08] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
[4:21] Now, come on.
[4:50] Oh, there you go.
[4:52] Thank you.
[5:15] He goes to Virgin Island.
[5:29] He's got a sailboat.
[5:30] He's great.
[5:30] We'll have a picture of him with all of the other members of the audience.
[5:32] We'll have a picture of him in the air.
[5:33] Now, everybody look out.
[5:55] All right, now, if you will drop out this week, and the girls.
[6:08] Two on the other side.
[6:09] Come on.
[6:09] Now, now we gotta go.
[6:14] Thank you very much.
[6:35] Thank you very much.
[6:36] There you are.
[6:36] You're all the greatest in my life.
[6:37] Thank you, too.
[6:37] I wish you well.
[6:37] Thank you.
[6:38] You're doing all right.
[6:38] Thank you.
[6:38] I have great parents, and you're the teacher.
[6:39] Well, thanks to you, what a wonderful work you do.
[6:40] Oh, thank you.
[6:41] I wish I could have been a writer for six years, and I'm too old to be a teenager.
[6:42] Too old?
[6:42] You're not old enough to be a teenager.
[6:43] Oh, yes.
[7:01] You're not in the teaching work, but you're a licensed member of the committee.
[7:02] What are the council minutes?
[7:03] Right.
[7:03] Right.
[7:03] Oh, yes.
[7:04] All right.
[7:04] All right.
[7:04] This is the presidential seal, which you can wear.
[7:27] I almost implored every part of it for the years.
[7:42] Heroes of those times.
[7:42] And here's a new master.
[7:45] Thank you very much.
[8:09] What happens, you see, is that when a child is, or any person, as we all know, when he doesn't have one specialty, like purity, at all, then what he does is actually compensate by all these other factors, personality, to a greater degree, or even loyalty.
[8:36] It's marvelous.
[8:36] Well, you know,
[8:37] We're proud of what you're doing.
[8:45] Thank you, Mr. President.
[8:46] We'll be doing a few contributions to your work.
[8:47] I know you.
[8:47] We'll try to help you all we can.
[8:48] Thank you.