Nixon 1973: You know what the GOP needs? More hot women
posted at 7:35 pm on June 23, 2009 by Allahpundit
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A gold nugget buried in 154 hours of archived recordings released for the first time today. By “needs” he of course meant we need them to run for office, not in any untoward sense. This is Nixon we’re talking about, people.
In February of 1973, President Nixon called future president and then-Republican National Committee chairman George H.W. Bush, and recounted a recent visit to the South Carolina state legislature.
“I noticed a couple of very attractive women, both of them Republicans, in the legislature,” Nixon told Bush. “I want you to be sure to emphasize to our people, God, let’s look for some… Understand, I don’t do it because I’m for women, but I’m doing it because I think maybe a woman might win someplace where a man might not… So have you got that in mind?”
Bush replies, “I’ll certainly keep it in mind.”
The good news: Big tent! The bad news: Turns out identity politics is encoded in the modern Republican Party’s DNA. Who’ll tell Heather MacDonald? Since there’s no way for me to analyze whether any “progress” has been made in implementing Nixon’s plan without setting off a clusterfark of feminist indignation, I’ll humbly demur and instead point you to this NYT piece, also about today’s tapes, in which Nixon declares that abortion is “necessary” for … interracial babies. Proof positive that not even the grave can spare the GOP bad press from racist anti-Obama douchebaggery.
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Ah, Nixon, the gift that keeps on giving.
myrenovations on June 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM
You gotta wonder why he made these tapes. Really.
Terrye on June 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM
I wonder if there are tapes from FDR’s time. I read that when Truman came into office the first thing he did was debug the Oval office. I guess FDR taped a lot of stuff, listened to a lot of phone calls. I wonder what happened to all that stuff?
Terrye on June 23, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t Nixon the father of “Affirmative Action?”
Special K on June 23, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Sorry for noticing but republican woman are much better looking than the democrats.
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 7:41 PM
That’s how we got Megan McCain!
Cicero43 on June 23, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Comparing the current ranks of GOP and DNC leaders, I think the plan was implemented successfully. Keep doing what you’re doing in this area, gentlemen and ladies….
cs89 on June 23, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Yep.
myrenovations on June 23, 2009 at 7:43 PM
inside and out
weewilly on June 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Nixon also believed Don’t Fear The Reaper needed more cowbell.
Cicero43 on June 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM
What kind of action are we talking about here?
Daggett on June 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Nixon is the most interesting President that we’ve had in a very long time…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Haha
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:45 PM
FDR also trusted the Soviets… Meanwhile they were spying on us… I wish we could have had Churchill…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:46 PM
This- Nixon did you say? -chap sounds like the sort of progressive, moderate Republican we need to rid the GOP of the Bible-slobbering hayseeds that are stinking up the Big Tent. His pro-abortion stance and sensitivity to the feelings of
Democratugly women ought to show independent voters the GOP means business.TMK on June 23, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Rebuplican women. Beauty and brains. grrrrrrrr
Couldn’t help myself either
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Well now that you mention it……….so true
FontanaConservative on June 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Nixon… from article in NYT.
Well that would be an interesting conversation to have with our very pro-abortion mixed race President. Abortion is just deplorable whoever is for it.
Obama and Nixon seem to be on the same side of the issue. Interesting.
petunia on June 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM
While we’re at it…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7243500.stm
Some say he’s gay… Hmmm
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:48 PM
Michelle Malkin … your country needs you!
stormin1961 on June 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM
No wonder Helen Thomas hates the GOP.
Cicero43 on June 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM
There are lots of similarities between Obama and Nixon. But I don’t want to get carried away – it would be an insult to Nixon’s memory.
Daggett on June 23, 2009 at 7:49 PM
It’s too bad Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro didn’t feel that way in 1961. This country would be spared the horror of the next 3 1/2 years.
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Helen just wanted to be one of Nixon’s gals… She didn’t make the cut. So she tried out for Jimmeh…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM
AND WE TURNED THAT DOWN????? Crime.
Daggett on June 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Weren’t you the one going on and on about how all life is valuable, on the Neda thread?
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Well now that you mention it……….so true
FontanaConservative on June 23, 2009 at 7:47 PM
Thanks
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 7:51 PM
One more like that and you’re banned, cs.
Allahpundit on June 23, 2009 at 7:52 PM
I know… We could have made some great Freedom Loving Republicans that beat Donks any day in the looks dept.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Anyone see Frost – Nixon?
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 7:53 PM
Reagan vs Obama video
William Amos on June 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM
China’s earliest manufacturing overrun.
Cicero43 on June 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Wow.
tneloms on June 23, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Time for my signature question: You all realize this makes us all racist hypocrits, right?
ThePrez on June 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM
This is the exact conversation I would love to over hear with Obama! Obviously Stanley must have had some pressure in 1961 to have an abortion. I don’t think she was married until after the pregnancy… and then there was another wife in Africa if I’m not mistaken… She had to choose to have Barack! And yet Obama doesn’t seem to identify with aborted babies at all. Interesting.
petunia on June 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM
I think you’re on the wrong blog. I don’t know where the right one is, and don’t want to.
exception on June 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM
That’s pretty low.
FontanaConservative on June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Ah, what a great day for the GOP. A possible Republican contender in ‘12 and current governor abandons his state for a few days-possibly to, er, naked hike-while the national committee puts out a lame ad that won’t sway any minds and tapes of a disgraced former GOP President-the only one to resign from office, the media constantly will tell us-are released.
I’m so proud.
changer1701 on June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Sorry. I find it ironic that Ochimpy refuses to protect children and Nixon will be chastised for basically the same opinion.
But I get your point. It was wrong.
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
When all is said and done Obama is going to make Nixon look like a choir boy. When things start to unwind for the Won, I shudder at the lengths he will go to maintain power.
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses of 10 million Chinese women longing to be free…
Daggett on June 23, 2009 at 7:58 PM
the Libtards have thier sins as well as repubs.
Just throw the shit back to them when they start spreading the filth.
hawkman on June 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Mao was crazy… But can you blame him for not liking women? Can you blame him when his third wife wanted to look like this?
http://rulers.org/jiangq.jpg
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Hey, how about some respect for the dead.
Jeff from WI on June 23, 2009 at 8:01 PM
You know there are so many other places Rosemary Woods could have deleted to save the GOP circa 2009. She really should have thought ahead.
myrenovations on June 23, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Well he is already busy firing all the whistle blowers. It is going to take some really really brave reporters to expose Obama.
petunia on June 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM
Pulllease… He already has.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:02 PM
I wonder in what geographic area would a very attractive republican woman be more likely to win than a man?
Is this a indictment of a geographic area or an indictment of society?
Would a woman in 1973 be willing to run on her looks?
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 8:03 PM
China has been aborting and killing little girls as long as their one child per family policy has been going on. There is a huge disparity of women to men.
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 8:03 PM
We just need to run all the Fox News babes for office somewhere.
NNtrancer on June 23, 2009 at 8:04 PM
That’s not his wife, it’s his mom. And is she pissed.
Cicero43 on June 23, 2009 at 8:04 PM
That’s pretty much all Bella Abzug ran on.
Does this require a sarc tag?
myrenovations on June 23, 2009 at 8:07 PM
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM
yeah man, i agree with you…with people like rahm emanual on his staff, the’ll be working o/t comeing up with sh*t to cover there tracks.
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Haha
Well, maybe he called her “mom.”
Culture Revolution!!!
Hey, I guess we do have to give Nixon some credit for poisoning China with evil Capitalism… Before we know it, the United State of Obama is going to be more communist than the PRC.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:07 PM
“I noticed a couple of very attractive women, both of them Republicans, in the legislature,” Nixon told Bush. “I want you to be sure to emphasize to our people, God, let’s look for some… Understand, I don’t do it because I’m for women, but I’m doing it because I think maybe a woman might win someplace where a man might not… So have you got that in mind?”
Was the PC police around that long ago?
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 8:07 PM
i concur….
alexraye on June 23, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I know. Just testing the water :)
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM
That’s what Obama says every time he appoints someone to his cabinet…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:08 PM
He was thinking of the Anti-Shirley Chisum.
TexasJew on June 23, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Dare they really use that?
- The Cat
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 8:10 PM
The day Helen Reddy cried..
TexasJew on June 23, 2009 at 8:11 PM
I wonder if Nixon considered Hillary a belle…
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/1/d/1/clinton_bill_hillary_young.jpg
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:11 PM
There are a few very attractive liberal women. They usually lose their beauty as soon as they start talking.
I’m not kidding about that – and I don’t mean when they’re talking about their liberal viewpoints. There’s something about the liberal mindset and having an angry and bitter outlook on life, and that’s very unattractive. I don’t want to generalize too much – there are surely exceptions, but that has been my experience.
Daggett on June 23, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Fox News…
mjbrooks3 on June 23, 2009 at 8:13 PM
I’ve noticed with many of my liberal female friends that the more liberal they become, the more stressed/uncomfortable they become…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Where’s that keyboard cleaner!
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM
As I said earlier (a week ago), I have more wrinkles on my face than a box of raisons, but these old eyes see pretty good.
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM
It would appear quite the opposite… It’s almost like Nixon had to put women down just to keep his street cred. Secretly he wanted the women to take over ;)
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I’ve heard that’s now a drug… Sorry, can’t let you have it.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Dude, come on I’m jonesin. At least let me score some cheerios.
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 8:18 PM
I think it’s becoming more and more clear why the left says Michelle O is beautiful and actually have the gull to compare her to Carla Bruni… They want to lower the bar on themselves… Doesn’t this mean that they secretly want to be libertarians? … You know, don’t conform, be free, &c. /sarc
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:19 PM
This is what Barack
requestsrequires of you.On another note, I guess Nixon could never have seen the Fur Ball Rosie O’ winning anything except a “Fuglitzer”
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:22 PM
When that happens, I mute the television and pretend they’re conservative.
eaglescout1998 on June 23, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Lol! Are you sure it was Nixon she was trying out for? Helen looks old enough for FDR. Man I could not believe President Ipod shamed her today! That was rich!
What is that smell? Smells like someone let an Alinsky loose. Someone needs to spray some air-freshener.
Can they just leave the GOP alone since they think we are so weak, and worthless? I mean trotting out these Alinksy tactics is getting old. If we are such irrelevant idiots, then why not just ignore us? The man is dead, and has a family. Every single time they trot out anything Nixon did wrong, I feel for his family who loved him as a Father and a grandparent.
freeus on June 23, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Yea right, he said “attractive” not portly.
TheSitRep on June 23, 2009 at 8:23 PM
http://giovanniworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/janeane_garofalo_3.png
Democrat beauty
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 8:24 PM
You get the sense they already feel it slippin’ away. Better start trying to marginalize conservatives now. Need a good head start.
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Helen Thomas catch phrase: “I’ll get you my pretty!”
Jeff from WI on June 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM
You owe me a new computer monitor.
eaglescout1998 on June 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Gotta make Camelot look good by running Nixon through the mud over and over…
On a serious note, I wonder which “moderate” enacted more successful policies… JFK or Nixon.
Heck… We know Johnson’s Great Society doesn’t quite pan out… else all liberals would use this as an example for BarryCare.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:26 PM
LOL..Perfect example of “Democrat Beauty”
Jeff from WI on June 23, 2009 at 8:26 PM
pft pft… You tell the truth.
She is the beauty of the Donks.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:27 PM
That’s just WRONG. I was eating dinner. Yikes
HoustonRight on June 23, 2009 at 8:27 PM
“in my pants…”
- Black Vulcan
Terry_Dyne on June 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Rachel Maddow, Ariana Huufington, Maureen Dowd
VS.
Ainsley Earhardt, Jeri Thompson, Sarah Palin,
That crazy old Nixon was right on the money.
angryed on June 23, 2009 at 8:28 PM
That’s not fair to put in boys…
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I don’t feel even for some of the links I clicked on. My keyboard is starting to hide when I come into the computer room.
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Police hell, he didn’t want that getting back to Pat. “Let me make this, perfectly clear –OW!!”
Really? Celebrating choice is soooo mainstream. It’s only us “fringe extremists” who get in a woman’s face with the right and wrong of it.
Or so I’m told.
By Republicans “moderates”.
Chris_Balsz on June 23, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Did you read the post?
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Well, we do have Palin…
Tim Burton on June 23, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Anybody mention Sarah Palin yet? Come on, you know you want to.
redwhiteblue on June 23, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Tapes from FDR’s, Truman’s and Ike’s presidency were destroyed, sometime in the mid-sixties. From JFK forward, they’ve been archived. You can ask for a specific topic (via a FOIA request.) But, they are mostly just released at intervals – sometimes around a particular event – by request that comes from the particular presidents library.
massrighty on June 23, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Yes.
redwhiteblue on June 23, 2009 at 8:39 PM
When you said this… for some reason Sandy Berger came to mind.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Wherever you believe Nixon to be, he has to be smiling – we’ve got all the good looking, intelligent, quick-with-a-retort ladies. Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Megyn Kelly, Michelle;
By my count, if you exclude Susan Sarandon, the left has nuthin’
massrighty on June 23, 2009 at 8:42 PM
KP! ;)
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Now I feel bad – sorry!
massrighty on June 23, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Nixon was a real piece of crap..
therightwinger on June 23, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Why? I was the one that posted the Hillary pic… I should apologize to you all.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 8:47 PM
The exception proves the rule.
massrighty on June 23, 2009 at 8:47 PM
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