Resignation. This is about an hour. A testimony to the job they do and the reverence for books books that we all share. Richard nixon is a hard man to let go of. By first i remember as a child in black and white fuzzy television seeing this odd man, he was on a good ticket with general eisenhower and there was some problem taking money from a secret fund. And i thought this is interesting. He never stopped being interesting. Richard nixon was never boring. David mentioned he was probably as interesting in his after presidency as he was during his presidency. I chronicle in the book beginning with spiro agnew. Remember spiro agnew being in some trouble and i said to my editor at the new yorker, thought lamented and just the legendary William Shawn saying what are you thinking of writing next . I dont know. I have a feeling we are going to change Vice President s and president s within a year. This is labor day of 73. A way out there kind of wild thought at the time. We agreed i would wr
Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said, i understand. I dont like to give him something but at the same time if he gets shot its our fault. You understand what the problem is. If you the son of a gets shot theyll say he didnt furnish it. We buy his insurance. After the election he wont get a thing. If he gets shot, its too bad. Theres the tough thing. He cant stand ted kennedy. He trails kennedy around. He said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. He even uses secret service guy not to use. After the ele
As i leave the presidency. To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american. And leaving it, i do so with this prayer. May gods grace be with you in all the days ahead. More now on the 40th anniversary of president nixons resignation. With a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Post. It includes journalist bob woodward, carl bernstein, Elizabeth Drew and ruth marcus talking about the scandal that led to president nixon stepping down and the white house tapes that provide further insight into his presidency. This is two hours. Welcome, everybody. My name is marty baron, executive editor of the Washington Post. It is a real pleasure to welcome you here tonight. You can consider yourself all very special because when the invitation went out for this event it was sold out within a day. And ever since, folks here at the post have been telling people that theres no more room. And you can see that from the attendance here and th
[inaudible] and barbara were always very welcoming to me. They always said whens your next book . Youre on. [laughter] and it was lovely. And as david said, brad and lissa have carried on the wondrous tradition, the ingenuity and made it keep going, and the fact that all of you have come tonight is a testimony to the job they do and the reverence for books that we all share. Richard nixons a hard man to let go of. [laughter] i first i remember as a child on black and white fuzzy television seeing this odd man. He was on the ticket with general eisenhower, and there was some problem of his taking money from a secret fund. He was talking about his daughters dog, and i thought, hmm, hes interesting. Well, he never stopped being interesting. Richard nixon was never boring. And as david mentioned, he was probably as interesting in his after presidency as he was during his presidency. I chronicle in the book the beginning with spiro agnew, remember him being in some trouble. And i had said t