Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 715-003
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 1972 at 12:19 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); DeSimone, Herbert F.; Colson, Charles W.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/715-003

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[0:03] Why don't you take one of us sitting down?
[1:02] I thought he would.
[1:03] He is unbelievable.
[1:42] I don't know what he did.
[1:46] I don't know what he did.
[1:48] I don't know what he did.
[2:08] So we have .
[2:09] So we feel very, very good about things.
[2:12] We also feel very good about .
[2:40] Yeah.
[2:41] Yeah.
[2:42] Yeah.
[3:18] a lot about that, that you've worked closely with all of our people, and that you had the, you know, to the extent that it will help our personal interests.
[3:27] And I expect it to play out just the way you want, all the way, because I think it will be good for the party, not only for you to win, but Governor, I think it's good for you, because of your Italian background, your national, it's good for you to get on.
[3:55] He's a hell of a guy.
[3:56] Strong, vigorous, tough guy.
[3:59] But we think nationally it's very important to go out there.
[4:05] There isn't an integrity to go any more than they're saying.
[4:09] But they are there.
[4:10] They are there.
[4:12] And they basically are patriotic.
[4:14] They're warm-hearted.
[4:16] They're intelligent.
[4:17] And they just shouldn't be on a left-wing side.
[4:39] Well, he's third, but he was supposed to head of the government unless Captain Wallace has lost.
[5:14] Yeah, he says he's turned the car.
[5:16] I don't know what happened to the delegates.
[5:19] He's not lost the delegates as well.
[5:22] He's got 30 of them.
[5:22] He's got, I think, 27 of them left.
[5:24] He's got the paragraph to the best that he's
[5:56] So I would take it to the likes of the author who would make it hard for our credit friends to develop consensus.
[6:03] I don't know.
[6:04] He's a hard guy.
[6:04] He's an ideologue.
[6:06] But we'll be going there.
[6:07] There are other guys that were pulled into the regular trading machine.
[6:25] I talked to two presidents this morning.
[6:28] They said they're getting ready to quit the Democratic Party.
[6:34] I noticed that our people in the press are saying it's a rebuke for the president.
[6:41] He's got 82% of the vote on Muskie.
[6:43] Don't you?
[6:44] He's got 13% as a protest.
[6:46] I mean, I know what they have.
[6:47] I'm sure.
[6:57] But I would say this.
[6:58] If you can work in some trips outside, or be sure you're going to win after you've won the election,
[7:23] And I think you will be from everything out here.
[7:26] And I don't follow most of them from out here, but you should be ahead.
[7:30] But nevertheless, if you can, pop out and make some, make a few talks for us.
[7:35] Particularly in New Jersey and in New York.
[7:38] That should be the New Jersey New York.
[7:40] That's very close to you.
[7:41] You could just pop over and you could say that you're doing this to question the president.
[7:47] But that will help hurt you here.
[8:02] And win, that's all.
[8:03] All the way.