nixon and mrs. brezhnev holding hands. patarned respect and gratitude of reporters by her behavior during their visit to the come department store. throughout the trip, reporters are forced to battle soviet police regarding mrs. nixon. the situation came to ahead of the third day of the visit is pat walked through the store come hundreds of people and balconies or stood adjacent isles to catch a glimpse of her. reporters tried to cover the event found their views blocked by the soviet detail. she became shoving became satisfied to be here. pass it on reporter for being manhandled by the soviet officer by pulling the reporter to her and offering him a of her ice cream cone. her obvious distress of the situation and attempt to remedy it did much to win the open operation of the reporters. so we end with another story that reinforces past love of travel, her openness to other people she met including reporters and willingness to take whatever action was necessary. from her youngest is that you listen to her father's story, throug

nixon and mrs. brezhnev holding hands. pat earned the respect and gratitude of some other reporters by her behavior during their visit to the come departments are. throughout the trip, reporters had been forced about the soviet police who were guarding mrs. nixon to the situation came to head on the third day of the visit as pat walked through the store, hundreds crammed onto balconies or stood in adjacent isles to wait and catch a glimpse of a. reporters trying to cover the event found their views blocked by the soviet security detail. pushing became shoving became this flying to the air. pat said one reporter from the manhandled by the soviet officer by pulling the reporter to her and offering him a lick of her ice cream cone. her obvious distress of the situation from our attempt to remedy it did much to in open admiration of the reporters. so it in with another story that we in force as pat's love of travel, her openness to all the people she met including reporters, and her willingness to take whatever action was necessar

her husband was on and around the world is in a strip and had run into what he called the pat nixon trail he wrote that pat rang a bell in this part of the world at a time when americans were not popular. an american couple hardly similar level after her return from a priest in a couple for bringing a fresh understanding of america. president eisenhower priest mixed in for work on her chair. even american press. they said although they did not make speeches or carry on high policy discussions, shoot or her full share of the workload. her love of travel, a quick smile and kind heart and dear to people should not to make her wonderful, unofficial ambassador of the united states. in fact, rome is the liberator of this country's most effective female basket or a goodwill and a two through african italy and watching the she quote by the thousands and potent case that the distance, end quote. without talking politics, pat managed to bring not only ragged women in a stock market, but also muhamed singh agreed to hear an unprecedented from the audience. her goal she told was to convince people to

nixon grab the hand of mrs. brezhnev's who was not used to the throng of reporters and crowds constantly surrounding the women, pat's determination to stop and talk with the people who had come out to me or cedar entered the affection of the population. one incident exemplified her appeal to the ordinary people she encountered. during the nixon stopover in warsaw pact attended a show recital. won the crowd applauded as she rose to lead, she walked toward them intending to shake hands and talk to the people. turned her prayer attempted to lead her back to the official party. she refused to join the group until she had waited into the crowd of men and women who responded very warmly with some men taking off their hats and others kissing her hand. reporters, even critical u.s. correspondents were extremely complementary. the globe described her as a remarkable saleswoman. the london daily mail claims she was the best boost for womanhood since they invented lipstick and the herald reported got a warm feeling at the sight of mrs. nixon and mrs. brezhnev holding hands. she earned the respect and gratitude of the reporters

i use this the story to begin my top because i think several key points i wish to make about pat nixon and her public role. more particularly about her role as a foreign diploma

nixon asked me to sit down and he turned to me, and he said, "monica, why don't you tell pat what you think he should do." and i thought to myself, "oh, my god. nixon is not doing this to me,' but he was doing it to me." so i told pat buchanan that i thought that i had respected him very much for his entry into the race and for the fact that he was unwilling to compromise on his principles, because that's very rare on the american political scene today, and that i respected what he had done for the race. he'd really energized it and, in some ways, forced president bush to confront issues that he may not otherwise have done. but at that point in time during the campaign, i thought that buchanan and the republican party would be better served by having him leave the race. and i said that even if i thought that if buchanan had political aspirations in the future -- for example, if he wanted to run again in 1996 -- that he should leave the race now, before too much of the responsibility of blame would be pinned on him for a bush defeat c-span: what was their chemistry then? >> guest: oh,

is clearly going to run for governor as you point out in 1866 and dancing beats pat brown who for years earlier had the nixon in the race for the governor. >> what i found most amazing about the great society is in effect that comes out of nowhere. there is no predicate for it. progressivism comes out that the turmoil of 1890. of course you know the new deal comes out of the turmoil of the great depression. you could argue that obamacare comes out of the great recession. where in the world did the society come from? and i think you answered that question. seven years old, 65 i remember in 64, we went around the neighborhood in an all-black community, saying we won the war of 1964. this of course is about the election of lbj. so that was my awakening. there is a sense that something important had happened. one could not have predicted the revolution in social policy that became the great society. your answer for all that seems to be it is the sheer wealth of america. could you talk about that from? >> yes, the economy has been growing nonstop since 1961 and it was absolutely powerful, moving ahead that a stea

clearly going to run for governor, as you point out in 1966, and does, and beats pat brown, who four years earlier had beaten nixon in the race for governor. >> host: what i always found most amaze about the great society in effect it comes out of nowhere. there's no predicate for it. we know the new deal comes out of the turmoil of the great depression. you can even argue that obamacare -- we can call it that -- obamacare comes oust the great recession. where in the world does the great society come from? i think you answer that question, and it's -- i was a kid during this period, and seven years old, in 1965, and i remember in '64, we went around the neighborhood, all-black communities, saying, we won the war of 196 4. and this was about the election of lbj. and it was a sense that something important happened. but one could not predict the revolution in social policy that became the great society. and your answer for all that seems to be -- it's the sheer wealth of america. is it -- cue talk about that? >> guest: yes. the economy had been growing nonstop since 1961. and it was absolutely powerful. moving ahead

when nixon's wife died he complained that bill clinton, quote, came to me for advice to save his bottom and couldn't even send a cabinet member to pat'seral. these are relationships forged around rivalries. i think it's impossible to expect, especially these two, to move forward and have a lunch. it's weird. >> yeah. they seem to really actually have total contempt and disdain for one another. which is different than, you know, i think the president did have a certain level of respect for mccain. i will say your intro, jonathan, about costco, i was thinking i love the joe biden image at costco. if the two guys, mitt romney and the president, were like wandering through costco together, getting samples, that would be a beautiful image. >> that's not weird, but sitting down at lunch is weird? >> one thing i feel like they might actually have in common, i feel like they both might like costco. we'll have to speculate on that. the thing is for me, not only is there no substance here, but even the symbolism of it, what does it really matter? nobody -- mitt romney doesn't have a constituency left. most republicans are like, please go away a