More tape recordings of President Richard M. Nixon’s private office discussions were made public today. Covering Januaury and February 1973, these tapes reveal what the former President thought of the Supreme Court decision making abortions legal.
“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape.”
Nixon secretly taped all business in the Oval Office during his Presidency. The tapes reveal him to have been a suspicious man, confused and often bewildered by the difficulties of the Vietnam War which dominated his two terms. They also contain more than a few episodes where he and his advisers are discussing the events relating to the break-in at the Watergate, the cover-up of which eventually caused his demise.
These audio peaks give us a fuller picture of the man, including his view that there should be hotter women in the GOP and that abortion would be useful for those women who were about to give birth to an interracial baby.
Ah! White supremacy!!
You can read the news on these releases at the LA Times and the NY Times. You can listen to the audio tapes yourself here.
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