Pat buchanan, your new book about the 1968 campaign of Richard Nixon is that a beginning of a trilogy for you . I had intended by it. I got down into my files and brought back all the stories and memories, and thought the nixon comeback in his earliest years was a book in and of itself, a book in which i was very close to Richard Nixon, his staff is very small, and it was an extraordinary story, an extraordinary time. A time of assassinations and riots and campus anarchy and revolution, the tet offensive, americans coming home in caskets the convention at chicago it is an extraordinary story. I decided to put it all into one book. I will go through the chronological part of this book and talk about some of the things i have never seen before and begin with asking you about the first moment you met Richard Nixon. The first moment was at the Burning Tree Country Club in 1954. Pete cook and i were looking for a summer job. We were the only two white guys out there. After the black caddies
About the 1968 campaign of Richard Nixon is that a beginning of a trilogy for you . I had intended by it. Files and into my brought back all the stories and memories, and thought the nixon comeback in his earliest years was a book in and of itself, a book in which i was very close to Richard Nixon, his staff is very small, and it was an extraordinary story, an extraordinary time. Time of assassinations and riots and campus anarchy and revolution, the tet offensive, americans coming home in caskets the convention at chicago it is an extraordinary story. I will go through the chronological part of this book and talk about some of the things i have never seen before in to begin with asking you about the first moment you met Richard Nixon. The first moment was at the Burning Tree Country Club in 1954. Pete cook and i were looking for a summer job. We were the only two white guys out there. After the black caddies have gone after their afternoon bags, the Vice President was put out on the b
I got down into my files and brought back all the stories and memories, and thought the nixon comeback in his earliest years was a book in and of itself, a book in which i was very close to Richard Nixon, his staff is very small, and it was an extraordinary story, an extraordinary time. A time of assassinations and riots and campus anarchy and revolution, the tet offensive, americans coming home in caskets, the convention at chicago it is an extraordinary story. I decided to put it all into one book. I will go through the chronological part of this book and talk about some of the things i have never seen before and begin with asking you about the first moment you met Richard Nixon. The first moment was at the Burning Tree Country Club in 1954. Pete cook and i were looking for a summer job. We were the only two white guys out there. After the black caddies had gone after their afternoon bags, the Vice President s was put out on the bench. The assistant looked over at me and pete cook an
Next from the nixon president ial ivory museum pat buchanan describes when nixon rebounded for president in 1916 california governor in 1962 to win the presidency in 1968. Monday september 8 marks the 40th anniversary of president gerald fords pardon of Richard Nixon. Tonight is a great night because we have a very special treat for you. We have someone who spends a number of years at Richard Nixons side and remember that when he lost the two elections, the president in 1962, the gubernatorial or pardon me and 60 in the gubernatorial in 1962, people wrote him off. They said Richard Nixon was gone. He said this is my last press conference. Not so. At about the same time a young man left columbia university, graduated from columbia, joined the st. Louis dispatch, became an editorial writer and along the way match Richard Nixon and that began a magnificent journ journey. He began a Magic Carpet Ride from Richard Nixons defeat through years of what Richard Nixon described as voluminous ear
And that began a magic carpet p ride from Richard Nixons defeat through years of what Richard Nixon described as the Wilderness Years to the achievement of the highest off office in the world, president of the United States. And pat buchanan was with him every step of the way, and its record inside this great recorded in this great book that was Just Launched last week. In fact, this is the Pacific Coast of it. The greatest comeback, of how Richard Nixon built the new majority, the silent majority and how he won the presidency. So heres a man who spent every day with him strategizing, planning, creating, and hes a firsthand eyewitness to the magnificent brilliance of the 37th president. Please welcome pat buchanan. [applause] thank you very much, sandy. With that reception, i may start looking at 2016. [laughter] [applause] you know you, i always relish coming back here. This is the second time ive spoken in the east room of the nixon library, and it is a magnificent and memorable plac