So this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behindthescenes political adviser to her husband, president Richard Nixon. Good evening, and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to
Week. So you guys are stuck with me for the afternoon. And so with that im now going to read this fantastic biography. Im going to share with you why we are so thrilled to have bob bostock here with the Us Capitol Historical Society this afternoon. Bob is a curator for exhibits at the nixon foundation. And in fact bob worked for former president nixon towards the tail end of his time towards the tail end of his life in the office of former president nixon during his more than three decades of public service. He spent considerable time working on environmental policy really making him a perfect fit for this sort of program. He worked for governor Christine Todd whitman both when she was governor of new jersey and when she became epa administrator during we First Administration of president george w bush. He also served as director of Strategic Communications for the new Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and has some fantastic stories about the work that really did wonders to
Youve laid out your position. You have laid out your youve taken your steps, and you put the interesting thing, you know we havent heard a the only cabinet member who has called, and this is 50 minutes after the thing is over, is cap weinburger, bless his soul. Hmm. Fmr. Pres. Nixon all the rest of them are waiting to see what the polls show. God damn strong cabinet, isnt it . Brian all right, what are you hearing . Evan well, he has had a couple of drinks. Actually, nixons alcohol capacity was low, so maybe it was just one drink. He could sound drunk on one drink. The other thing thats pathetic about this, hes just fired him on national tv. You could tell he was upset that no one was calling. In the old days, haldeman wouldve arranged for people to call. He asked if haldeman could get people to call again like in the old days. And haldeman says, i dont think i can do that, mr. President. And nixon hears himself and says all right bob, i love you. It is poignant, it is heartfelt. He ac
Youve laid out your position. You have laid out your youve taken your steps, and you put the interesting thing, you know we havent heard a the only cabinet member who has called, and this is 50 minutes after the thing is over, is cap weinburger, bless his soul. Hmm. Fmr. Pres. Nixon all the rest of them are waiting to see what the polls show. God damn strong cabinet, isnt it . Brian all right, what are you hearing . Evan well, he has had a couple of drinks. Actually, nixons alcohol capacity was low, so maybe it was just one drink. He could sound drunk on one drink. The other thing thats pathetic about this, hes just fired him on national tv. You could tell he was upset that no one was calling. In the old days, haldeman wouldve arranged for people to call. He asked if haldeman could get people to call again like in the old days. And haldeman says, i dont think i can do that, mr. President. And nixon hears himself and says all right bob, i love you. It is poignant, it is heartfelt. He ac
Youve laid out your position. You have laid out your youve taken your steps, and you put the interesting thing, you know we havent heard a the only cabinet member who has called, and this is 50 minutes after the thing is over, is cap weinburger, bless his soul. Hmm. Fmr. Pres. Nixon all the rest of them are waiting to see what the polls show. God damn strong cabinet, isnt it . Brian all right, what are you hearing . Evan well, he has had a couple of drinks. Actually, nixons alcohol capacity was low, so maybe it was just one drink. He could sound drunk on one drink. The other thing thats pathetic about this, hes just fired him on national tv. You could tell he was upset that no one was calling. In the old days, haldeman wouldve arranged for people to call. He asked if haldeman could get people to call again like in the old days. And haldeman says, i dont think i can do that, mr. President. And nixon hears himself and says all right bob, i love you. It is poignant, it is heartfelt. He ac