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...that reveals some of the Nixonian psychology as his second term begins, it does not reveal why he has been waging his battle from the secluded "dressing rooms" of Camp David, San Clemente, Key Biscayne and his Executive Office hideaway rather than in the public arena, where he would have to defend his policies. Reporters learned last week, for example, that Nixon ordered the massive B-52 bombing of urban targets in North Viet Nam without even consulting his Secretary of Defense or the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He apparently discussed it only with National Security Affairs Adviser Henry Kissinger...
...ties to the White House are strong; Conable is an important Nixonian voice in the ranks of Ways and Means...
...move briskly through the Senate's mills. His outspokenness is rare in the Senate: after several months in Washington, he called the Senate "ridiculous" and later mused that "the trouble with Nixon is those two Nazis [Haldeman and Ehrlichman] he keeps around him." He displayed little respect for Nixonian legislation: "The program this Administration is pushing is appropriate for Herbert Hoover...
...that his Litton stock would be sold and the proceeds placed in a blind trust. Asked if he saw any conflict of interest between his ties at Litton and his new job, given Litton's connections and present disputes with the Department of Defense, Ash, in the best Nixonian language, replied: "When the Washington Redskins trade a football player, I doubt if in the next match he favors the team he just left...
...Havelock M. Honeycomb reviews a list of shady tactics, then suggests darkly that C.R.P. even hired George McGovern on the sly to make campaign blunders that would widen Nixon's victory margin. After all, says Honeycomb of McGovern, "He is short of money." Another Buchwald column dealt with Nixonian schizophrenia and featured the New Nixon (Dickey) chewing out the Old Nixon (Tricky) for the Watergate bugging, while Tricky laments: "It was the only fun I've had in four years...