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could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. and a sense the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demon that is he always had within him to play during elections. >> it is about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this. whatever it takes. >> when the president does it it means that it is not illegal. >> i told the americ...

>> the key to understanding richard nixon is that richard nixon was never self-confident that he could easily win a national election. he had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy, with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. >> its about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whateve...

national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. >> its about lust for power and absence of morality. >> it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. >> when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. >> i told the american people i did not...

Met with halderman and dean. they discussed how to stop the patman investigation. >> stand up there in front of the cams ra. >> it could have been a disaster. nixon really couldnt withstand a wide open investigation. >> the members will vote to give the american people the facts, all the facts about this political espionage or shut the door. >> the solution was lets just get rid of it. use the republican power on the hill to block it. >> they went to gerald ford who was the republican leader in ...

That. >> announce the vote. >> 15 ayes, 20 nays. >> the resolution lost. >> so we lost the vote 20-15. we were running out of time. they called the hearing for october 10th and asked for voluntary appearances. so even though we didnt have subpoena power, we thought we could get them. we called john mitchell, maurice stans, and john dean, and they, of course, did not show up. >> as a result, patman just had the cameras come in and take pictures of all the empty chairs with their name plates, and ...

Haldeman and dane, and they discussed how to stop the haldeman investigation. >> we just dont want stans up there in front of the cameras with patman. >> richard nixon couldnt withstand an open investigation. >> the members of this committee would either vote to give the american people the facts, all the facts about this political espionage, or they would shut the door. >> the solution was lets just get rid of it. lets just use our republican power on the hill to block it. >> and they went to g...