Meet the Nixon, um, Bush administration

[ProSense]

THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, 1969-74

Richard Nixon's presidency is the early testing ground for many of the men who will advise George W. Bush decades later. Nixon gives Rumsfeld his first taste of life in the executive branch -- and his first enemies. Cheney, Wolfowitz and Powell have their own firsts: Washington jobs with the era's most powerful politicians. But for Armitage in Vietnam, Washington is literally and figuratively miles away.

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Audio: Rumsfeld and Nixon: caught on tape
In 1971, Rumsfeld went to his mentor, President Nixon, for advice on his political future. Their conversation was caught on Nixon's numerous secret White House audiotapes. Click here to hear, or read, the discussion between Nixon and his young assistant.

[MikeE]

1. The scary thing is that Nixon

couldn't get nominated now. He's actually too far to the left for these fascists. That is how far things have gone to the wrong.

[Monkeyman]

2. Yep

[ProSense]

3. Welcome! n/t