>Sender: >To: >X-Original-Message-ID: <043401bf2dea$74d38680$9acf69cf@pacbell.net> >From: "Peter McWilliams" >Subject: With "understanding" like this... >Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 07:19:19 -0800 >X-Mozilla-Status: 8001 >X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > > >Excerpt from the newly released Nixon tapes: > > >"I don't mind the homosexuality, >I understand it . . . Nevertheless, goddamn, I don't think you glorify it >on public television, homosexuality, even more than you glorify whores. We >all know we have weaknesses. But, goddamn it, what do you think that does >to kids? You know what happened to the Greeks! Homosexuality destroyed >them. Sure, Aristotle was a homo. We all know that so was Socrates." > >"But he never had the influence television had," Ehrlichman says, >apparently referring to Socrates. > >"You know what happened to the Romans?" says Professor Nixon. "The last >six Roman emperors were fags. Neither in a public way. You know what >happened to the popes? They (had sex with) the nuns, that's been goin' on >for years, centuries. But the Catholic Church went to hell, three or four >centuries ago. It was homosexual, and it had to be cleaned out. That's >what's happened to Britain, it happened earlier to France." > >"Let's look at the strong societies," says Nixon. "The Russians. Goddamn, >they root 'em out. They don't let 'em around at all. I don't know what >they do with them. Look at this country. You think the Russians allow >dope? Homosexuality, dope, immorality are the enemies of strong societies. >That's why the communists and left-wingers are clinging to one another. >They're trying to destroy us. I know Moynihan will disagree with this, >(Atty. Gen. John) Mitchell will, and Garment will. But, goddamn, we have >to stand up to this." > >"It's fatal liberality," declares Ehrlichman, ever the sycophant. > >"Huh?" says Nixon. > >"It's fatal liberality," says Ehrlichman. "And with its use on television, >it has such leverage." > >Nixon asks Ehrlichman to consider northern California. "You know what's >happened." > >"San Francisco has just gone clear over," says Ehrlichman. > >"But it's not just the ratty part of town," says Nixon. "The upper class >in San Francisco is that way. The Bohemian Grove (an elite, secrecy-filled >gathering outside San Francisco), which I attend from time to time. It is >the most faggy goddamned thing you could ever imagine, with that San >Francisco crowd. I can't shake hands with anybody from San Francisco." > >Nixon finishes things off by turning into an observer of ladies' >fashions. > >"Decorators. They got to do something. But we don't have to glorify it," >says Nixon. "You know one of the reasons fashions have made women look>so >terrible is because the goddamned designers hate women. Designers taking >it out on the women. Now they're trying to get some more sexy things >coming on again." > > > > >================================================================ > >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: