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Nixonland. Rick Perlstein 89060K 2022-07-22

Signing statement: PPP 196, June 22, 1970.

Democratic reform process: Byron E. Shafer, Quiet Revolution: The Struggle for the Democratic Party and the Shaping of Post-Reform Politics Quiet Revolution: The Struggle for the Democratic Party and the Shaping of Post-Reform Politics (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1983), pa.s.sim; James I. Lengle, ”Democratic Party Reforms: The Past as Prologue to the 1988 Campaign,” (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1983), pa.s.sim; James I. Lengle, ”Democratic Party Reforms: The Past as Prologue to the 1988 Campaign,” Journal of Law and Politics Journal of Law and Politics 4 (Fall 1987): 23373; Andrew Busch, 4 (Fall 1987): 23373; Andrew Busch, Outsiders and Openness in the Presidential Nominating System Outsiders and Openness in the Presidential Nominating System (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997), 3439; David Plotke, ”Party Reform as Failed Democratic Renewal in the United States, 19681972,” (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997), 3439; David Plotke, ”Party Reform as Failed Democratic Renewal in the United States, 19681972,” Studies in American Political Development Studies in American Political Development 10 (Fall 1996): 22388. 10 (Fall 1996): 22388.

”Do you know what it's like”: Mark Stricherz, Mark Stricherz, Why the Democrats Are Blue: Secular Liberalism and the Decline of the People's Party Why the Democrats Are Blue: Secular Liberalism and the Decline of the People's Party (New York: Encounter Books, 2007), 88. (New York: Encounter Books, 2007), 88.

”Do not turn away from”: Michael Barone, Michael Barone, Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan Our Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to Reagan (New York: Free Press, 1990), 429. (New York: Free Press, 1990), 429.

Debate over guidelines A-1 and A-2: Theodore H. White, Making of the President 1972 Making of the President 1972 (New York: Atheneum, 1973), 1826, 38, 374. (New York: Atheneum, 1973), 1826, 38, 374.

The New York Times New York Times gave the release: gave the release: ”Democrats Press for Party Reform,” NYT, April 30, 1970, 1. ”Democrats Press for Party Reform,” NYT, April 30, 1970, 1.

”We aren't going to let these Harvard”: White, White, Making of the President 1972, Making of the President 1972, 38. 38.

Garry Wills, in his Esquire: ”How Nixon Used the Media, Billy Graham, and the Good Lord to Rap with Students at Tennessee University,” Esquire: ”How Nixon Used the Media, Billy Graham, and the Good Lord to Rap with Students at Tennessee University,” Esquire, Esquire, September 1970. September 1970.

One letter came from a twenty-three-year-old marine: ”A Marine Writes His Senator,” WP, July 8, 1970. Cranston getting eight thousand letters: Jane Fonda, ”A Marine Writes His Senator,” WP, July 8, 1970. Cranston getting eight thousand letters: Jane Fonda, My Life So Far My Life So Far (New York: Random House, 2005), 246. (New York: Random House, 2005), 246.

In July, Life Life published photographs: Life, published photographs: Life, July 17, 1970; Mary Hershberger, July 17, 1970; Mary Hershberger, Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Antiwar Icon Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Antiwar Icon (New York: New Press, 2005), 13944; Carol Burke, (New York: New Press, 2005), 13944; Carol Burke, Camp All-America, Hanoi Jane, and the High and Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture Camp All-America, Hanoi Jane, and the High and Tight: Gender, Folklore, and Changing Military Culture (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004), 16667; Don Luce, ”We've Been Here Before: The Tiger Cages of Vietnam,” April 4, 2005, History News Network, hnn.us/articles/11001.html; Don Luce interview. (Boston: Beacon Press, 2004), 16667; Don Luce, ”We've Been Here Before: The Tiger Cages of Vietnam,” April 4, 2005, History News Network, hnn.us/articles/11001.html; Don Luce interview.

”grotesque sculptures of scarred flesh”: ”The Other Prisoners,” ”The Other Prisoners,” Time, Time, March 19, 1973. March 19, 1973.

Failed antiwar candidacies and voting-age referendum: Was.h.i.+ngton Star, Was.h.i.+ngton Star, June 8, 1970. Michigan survey on young voters and Wallace: Reg Weaver and Hal Gulliver, June 8, 1970. Michigan survey on young voters and Wallace: Reg Weaver and Hal Gulliver, The Southern Strategy The Southern Strategy (New York: Scribner, 1971), 105. (New York: Scribner, 1971), 105.

Delegates would now have to be: Shafer, Shafer, Quiet Revolution, Quiet Revolution, 29. 29.

”Philadelphia Plan”: Thomas J. Sugrue, ”Affirmative Action from Below: Civil Rights, the Building Trades, and the Politics of Racial Equality in the Urban North, 19451969,” Journal of American History Journal of American History 1 (June 2004): 14573. 1 (June 2004): 14573.

Electoral college reform: Alexander Keyssar, ”Peculiar Inst.i.tution,” Boston Globe, Boston Globe, October 17, 2004. October 17, 2004.

”Our ability to change this system”: PPP 289, September 11, 1970. PPP 289, September 11, 1970.

”If Nixon don't give us back”: Reeves, Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 229. 229.

U.S. News & World Report noted noted: USNWR, June 22, 1970.

The advisory council worked in secret: Jonathan Sch.e.l.l, Jonathan Sch.e.l.l, The Time of Illusion The Time of Illusion (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975), 103, 190. See also Reeves, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975), 103, 190. See also Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 230. Vetting by Huston: Sch.e.l.l, 230. Vetting by Huston: Sch.e.l.l, Time of Illusion, Time of Illusion, 117. 117.

Environmental Protection Agency: Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 238. 238.

Jane Fonda surveillance and hara.s.sment: Hershberger, Jane Fonda's War, Jane Fonda's War, 5074. White Panthers: Jeff A. Hale, ”The White Panthers' 'Total a.s.sault on the Culture,'” in Peter Braunstein and Michael William Doyle, eds., 5074. White Panthers: Jeff A. Hale, ”The White Panthers' 'Total a.s.sault on the Culture,'” in Peter Braunstein and Michael William Doyle, eds., Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s and '70s Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960s and '70s (New York: Routledge, 2001), 12456. (New York: Routledge, 2001), 12456.

”We are now confronted”: Reeves, Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 229. 229.

Huston prepared a forty-three-page outline: Ibid., 23536; Stanley Kutler, Ibid., 23536; Stanley Kutler, The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon The Wars of Watergate: The Last Crisis of Richard Nixon (New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), 97; Sch.e.l.l, (New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), 97; Sch.e.l.l, Time of Illusion, Time of Illusion, 114. 114.

”He would prefer that the thing”: Reeves, Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 236. 236.

Another unusual function: Ibid., 153, 231, 24445. Ibid., 153, 231, 24445.

A team formed to carry: Ibid., 258. Ibid., 258.

”rather weak handshake”: Dean, Blind Ambition, Blind Ambition, 20. 20. On the twenty-third Nixon met: On the twenty-third Nixon met: Ibid., 258; Anthony Lukas, Ibid., 258; Anthony Lukas, Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years Nightmare: The Underside of the Nixon Years (New York: Viking, 1976), 79. (New York: Viking, 1976), 79. The next day Nixon raged to Haldeman: The next day Nixon raged to Haldeman: Reeves, Reeves, President Nixon, President Nixon, 237; Jefferson Cowie, ”Nixon's Cla.s.s Struggle: Romancing the New-Right Worker, 19691973,” 237; Jefferson Cowie, ”Nixon's Cla.s.s Struggle: Romancing the New-Right Worker, 19691973,” Labor History Labor History 43 (Summer 2002): 25783. 43 (Summer 2002): 25783. The next day Nixon savaged: The next day Nixon savaged: Sch.e.l.l, Sch.e.l.l, Time of Illusion, Time of Illusion, 108; Lyle Johnston, 108; Lyle Johnston, ”Good Night, Chet”: A Biography of Chet Huntley ”Good Night, Chet”: A Biography of Chet Huntley (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2003), 110. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 2003), 110.

Jane Fonda saw it in a jailhouse: Fonda, Fonda, My Life So Far, My Life So Far, 261. 261.

In Joe, Joe, Peter Boyle: Peter Boyle: ”Joe, an East Village Tale, Arrives,” NYT, July 16, 1970. ”Joe, an East Village Tale, Arrives,” NYT, July 16, 1970.

The filmmakers' thesis resembled: Philip Slater, Philip Slater, The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point (Boston: Beacon Press, 1970). (Boston: Beacon Press, 1970).

In real life, Peter Boyle: ”A Bigot Named Joe,” ”A Bigot Named Joe,” Life, Life, October 16, 1970. October 16, 1970.

Congresswoman Patsy Mink called: Statement of Judith Resnik, Judiciary Committee hearings, John G. Roberts Supreme Court appointment, September 9, 2005, judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1611&wit_id=4630; Weaver and Gulliver, Statement of Judith Resnik, Judiciary Committee hearings, John G. Roberts Supreme Court appointment, September 9, 2005, judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=1611&wit_id=4630; Weaver and Gulliver, Southern Strategy, Southern Strategy, 135. 135. Five thousand demonstrated in New York: Five thousand demonstrated in New York: Debra Michals, ”From 'Consciousness Expansion' to 'Consciousness Raising': Feminism and the Countercultural Politics of the Self,” Braunstein and Doyle, eds., Debra Michals, ”From 'Consciousness Expansion' to 'Consciousness Raising': Feminism and the Countercultural Politics of the Self,” Braunstein and Doyle, eds., Imagine Nation, Imagine Nation, 59. 59. Two hundred feminists took over the offices: Two hundred feminists took over the offices: Ibid.; Ibid.; Ladies' Home Journal, Ladies' Home Journal, August 1970. Time August 1970. Time put leader Kate Millett: put leader Kate Millett: ”Who's Come a Long Way, Baby?” ”Who's Come a Long Way, Baby?” Time, Time, August 31, 1970. August 31, 1970.

”I became a feminist”: Sally Kempton, ”Cutting Loose: A private view of the women's uprising,” Sally Kempton, ”Cutting Loose: A private view of the women's uprising,” Esquire, Esquire, July 1970. July 1970.

The lead letter in response: Letters, Letters, Time, Time, September 14, 1970. September 14, 1970. The Women's Board of the West Virginia GOP: The Women's Board of the West Virginia GOP: Fleshman to Margaret Chase Smith, June 2, 1970, ”Second Declaration of Conscience” file, Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine. Fleshman to Margaret Chase Smith, June 2, 1970, ”Second Declaration of Conscience” file, Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.

Jane Fonda arrived at the set: Fonda, Fonda, My Life So Far, My Life So Far, 254. 254. Wrote William F. Buckley: Wrote William F. Buckley: Ibid., 234. Ibid., 234.

”Soledad Brothers” raid: Charles R. Ashman, The People vs. Angela Davis: The Trial of the Century The People vs. Angela Davis: The Trial of the Century (New York: Pinnacle, 1972); (New York: Pinnacle, 1972); Herbert's Hippopotamus Herbert's Hippopotamus (dir. Paul Alexander Juutilainen, 1996); Carroll, (dir. Paul Alexander Juutilainen, 1996); Carroll, It Seemed Like Nothing Happened, It Seemed Like Nothing Happened, 52; ”Angela Davis, Black Revolutionary,” 52; ”Angela Davis, Black Revolutionary,” Newsweek, Newsweek, October 26, 1970; Channel 45 six o'clock news, August 24, 1970, mission on p.o.r.nography: Carroll, Carroll, It Seemed Like Nothing Happened, It Seemed Like Nothing Happened, 28; David M. Edwards, ”Politics and p.o.r.nography: A Comparison of the Findings of the President's Commission and the Meese Commission and the Resulting Response,” home.earthlink.net/~duranG.o.dave/html/writing/Censors.h.i.+p.htm. 28; David M. Edwards, ”Politics and p.o.r.nography: A Comparison of the Findings of the President's Commission and the Meese Commission and the Resulting Response,” home.earthlink.net/~duranG.o.dave/html/writing/Censors.h.i.+p.htm.