Word: ehrlichmans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Differences in each executive's style and interests are the primary factor any White House manager must consider, said John D. Ehrlichman, an aide to Richard Nixon who was implicated in the Watergatescandal. "The Presidency is a Constitutionalinstitution," said Ehrlichman, "but it's also abaggy suit of clothes. If it doesn't fit, it isn'tgoing to work...
According to Hume, three of the panelists are Republicans who have publicly criticized Regan since the scandal was uncovered, including Richard Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative and chief of staff under President Ford; David Gergen, special assistant to President Reagan; and John D. Ehrlichman, domestic affairs assistant to President Nixon...
Only when his own skin was being scorched by Watergate did Richard Nixon sacrifice Aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. He found the courage to tell each of them face to face in tearful meetings at Camp David that they must resign. Then he praised them publicly as "two of the finest public servants" he had ever known. Jimmy Carter defended Bert Lance as innocent of shady banking practices and brushed off advice that he ask his longtime friend to leave his post as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. "I could not bring myself...
...long provided a fertile setting for satirical novels. The classic of the genre is Henry Adams' Democracy, published in 1880, which bitingly portrayed the social and political corruption of the time. This year has produced Christopher Buckley's The White House Mess, a comedy about Administration intrigue, and John Ehrlichman's The China Card, a thriller loosely based on the China policy of his former boss President Nixon. Particularly since Watergate, journalists have attained star quality, becoming part of the panoply of fictional heroes and villains. Indeed, Regrets Only hit Washington at the same time as the movie version...
...running the presidency. Meese, Baker, Deaver, sounding -- and often acting -- like an infield in the American League, now will be part of the lore that includes Nicolay and Hay, who served Lincoln, Colonel House, who advised Wilson, Kennedy's Irish Mafia and the infamous Berlin Wall, Haldeman and Ehrlichman, Nixon's unfortunate duo who ended up in jail...