they were in the newspahepers, consequences of that. so pat had the memos, he had the process. he had this humor, this irrepressible humor. if that doesn't sound like something much, but remember, this was not the white house that larry was writing for "west wing." this was bob haldeman's gray white house. [laughter] the president went off in july, i guess, to san clemente, a wonderful time. we were all very quiet, could get our work done. pat has gone off to go swimming in the white house pool before the president boarded over from the press, and suddenly i get a call. both our offices are in the basement of the west wing. quick, quick, come up to the oval office. so i went up one flight to the oval office, door is open, and we look at it and, my god, it's been redecorated. redecorated like an mgm technicolor musical. my children later said he felt the gold was so bright, it was hurting his eyes. and on every chair there's the seal of the president. and pat, there's a phone right there, picks up the phone. he said, could you get me mr. haldeman, please? bob, i'm outside the ov