Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 775-009
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 1972 at 12:19 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Jarman, John; Nidecker, John E.; White House photographer
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/775-009

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[0:02] President, how are you?
[0:06] How are you?
[0:26] Well, I, I, uh, thanks to God, uh, John, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
[0:54] There would be no way that I could survive in this office without the support of good Democrats on this side.
[1:00] I told John Cotton this before.
[1:04] John Cotton was a good, loyal Democrat.
[1:09] He did, I think, make a whole lot more loyal to the Republican Party than all of them did, not many.
[1:18] But nevertheless,
[1:20] I want you to know that I'm aware of this, and to me, that's the most important thing that a congressman can do.
[1:26] This is a vote right on it.
[1:30] When I say right, vote for the country on the basis of action.
[1:37] And, uh, ever since we've
[1:40] I was a Republican, and the jobs that supported us .
[1:53] And it's always been that way.
[2:01] I think over the years
[2:09] party at the national level, there's not a step that the party really believes in.
[2:15] What does that include?
[2:16] I can see that there's a lot of discrepancy, as a matter of fact, in some of this stuff, which the officer can't like.
[2:22] You know, I mean, that's what I'm sure he had here.
[2:27] Because the Democratic Party, basically, after that group, was always a strong, defensive national policy.
[2:34] That party, before World War II, was very active.
[3:11] And we were visiting just a few months ago.
[3:14] I got here, and I mentioned it.
[3:18] Some years ago, when Senator Belton had just been elected governor of Oklahoma, I was here.
[3:25] We had a congressional dinner for him, and Paige was the ambassador.
[3:30] Paige had never been to Chicago.
[3:34] He was saying, we came here together, John and I came here together in 51.
[3:37] We all did together, and we played golf together.
[3:40] And then I said to him, where did you go?
[3:43] He said, Anchorman, the location was Carl Harbor.
[3:47] The patient was Carl Fargo.
[3:49] And the leading officer, I think, referred to John.
[3:53] They all just did cooks together.
[3:54] They played golf together.
[3:56] They came here together.
[3:57] He said, what he failed to say was that they
[5:01] Well, we're, uh, we're proud of what you've done.
[5:05] It's a great honor.
[5:07] Well, we're, uh, a lot blessed.
[5:09] Your state, of course, is one of the best states in the United States.
[5:13] Oklahoma has always just turned out a great shot in the 90s and 90s and 80s.
[5:19] We're very proud of you, and we're very glad.
[5:49] Great addition to the tremendous background for you.
[5:51] His background is in television.
[5:53] The committee worked as well as Eric and Ash Clark to speak well.
[6:00] Related to the final one I came here, lived up to the times of the Coppola Party, as I mentioned.
[6:07] That's before we saw you.
[6:37] The campaign is a trending affair.
[6:39] All the same, there are four opponents that I have, and I'm going to work here.
[6:45] Oh, these are some new companies.
[6:47] They're going to steal off the flag and cover it.
[6:53] Thank you.
[6:55] Thank you.
[6:58] Thank you.