All hail the endless treasure trove that is the Nixon tapes. If nothing else than giving us wonderful nuggets of populist wisdom such as the following:

May 26, 1971:
"You know, it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob? What is the matter with them? I suppose it is because most of them are psychiatrists."

It makes ya wanna laugh, it makes you wanna shudder. All in all it makes me afraid of the great voting masses of this country and more than anything makes me wish that they hadn't removed the whitehouse bugging system after Nixon's departure. Just imagine all the fabulous dirt we could be privy to in 25 years or so when the Bush tapes go would public. Sigh.
posted by Robotpolisher 11:50 AM ::