Journalist and author john farrell. He discusses his book, Richard Nixon, the life. Brian john farrell, better known as jack, author of the book Richard Nixon, the life. At the very end of your book in the footnotes, the source notes, you say this. He hoped that billy graham or Norman Vincent peele would handle the prayers this is his funeral and doesnt want a catholic or jew to participate. What was that all about . John this was at his funeral. Nixon came from a california nixon came from a california background. When he was growing up, it was the outback. It was orange groves and hills and a very small towns in between. He grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. I think he got some of that from his father, who was an unlearned man. And over the years, nixon learned to deal with it because he had to. Nixon could do almost anything if he had do. Like henryt advisors butinger, who were jewish, in private, against his enemies who happened to be jewish, he could be very ugly. I think
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Would be like me trying to something someone about a rembrandt portrait or a book you have never read. Him in san francisco. And the most significant thing about lennys personality was his humility. Him whenlity followed he was at the top of his game until the last face the last phase of his life. Trying to elevate him into exactly the kind of person he was talking about here. No one would have been more stalinist than he at what we see her today. At the time they turn down his petition. I remember when nixon gave his speech and said i wish lenny were here. And then when we heard clinton ist is the definition of that i wish lenny were here. And as we watch donald trump and hillary i wish lenny was here. I think it is important to know what the atmosphere was. It was the diversity of the country. All of this is cyclical. When you have a manlike trumps bea man like trump, who will a permanent part of the culture and became very different, it is important to look at the time and the reaso
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Known as jack, author of the book Richard Nixon, a life. At the very end of your book in the footnotes, the source notes, you say this. He hoped that billy graham or Norman Vincent peele would handle the prayers this is not his funeral and doesnt want a catholic or jew to participate. this comes from a hold them in comments. What was that all about . John this was at his funeral. A californiaom background. When he was growing up, it was the outback. It was orange groves and hills and small towns in between. He grew up with a certain provincial bigotry. I think he got some of that from his father, who was an unlearned man. And over the years nixon learned , to deal with it because he had to. Nixon could do almost anything because he had to. So he had kissinger and others who were jewish, but in private, against his enemies who happened to be jewish, he could be very ugly. I think this was sort of a blanket statement. Holdeman had his own biases, but perhaps he took it down a little more