Nixon and the press
December 08, 2008 4:11 pm ET by Eric Boehlert
From just released tapes, April 4, 1972 [emphasis added]:
NIXON: "Return the calls to those poor dumb bastards ... who I know are our friends. Now do it ... We made the same mistake [Dwight] Eisenhower made, but not as bad as Eisenhower made, because he sucked the Times too much ... G-d damn it, don't talk to them for a while. Will you enforce that now?'
Note how Nixon wanted to freeze out the Times. Sort of like Bush has frozen out the Times. The more things change...
UPDATE: Listen to Nixon repeat like a mantra, "The press is the enemy."
