and on the security council, eisenhower sent him abroad on trips, and dulls suggested nixon should visit africa. so there were lots of things that sizenhour -- eisenhower did thursdaying to get nixon up to speed. >> do you think -- there are people who argue that it was the experience of -- a searing experience of losing such a close election to john f. kennedy in 1960 that was the trauma. you're laying the foundation for an argument it's ike's fault. >> no. no. no. i think -- >> ike was a father figure and he couldn't please his father figure. >> i'm not going to get into psycho analysis. >> it's so much fun. >> everyone else does. >> i don't richard nixon painted himself in the bathroom. >> no. no. i just -- it was a wonderful line, thought he was inthe influence of dick cheney but in fact it was freud. i believe the 1960 election was hugely traumatic on all kinds of levels. knickson, who always regarded kennedy as a friend, he liked kennedy, won of the things i found, after nixon's nastiest campaign in california, against douglas, which got democrats to forever turn against him. but nixon said at harvard, i'm really glad mrs. dougl