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 Nixon hatchetman Charles Colson said that Americans have decisively rejected the the free love and drug use advocated by the Democrats pictured above.
News Analysis: Can Democrats Recover From Election Rout?
By David Bloviator Political Editor
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB BAR, Washington, D.C. – Richard Nixon rode to a smashing re-election triumph on three horses: acid, amnesty and abortion.
The superbly-organized re-election effort, headed by White House chief H.R. Haldeman and backed by a seasoned team, including the rabidly partisan Roger Ailes, destroyed Sen. George McGovern with those three simple messages.
The hapless Democratic nominee could not respond to the GOP charges that he was soft on drugs, draft dodgers and abortion on demand. "The Republicans painted the picture of McGovern supporters as rich Yale clubmen who shirk military service, use drugs and run around having casual sex with slutty girls," Ailes explained. He defended the anti-McGovern campaign as "fair and balanced."
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By Bobby Baker Washington Editor
President Richard M. Nixon and his handlers lost no time today describing their 49-state electoral sweep as the "mandate of '72," and pledging to reshape government as an instrument of Nixon's will. Hopes that the new administration would pursue a moderate course have apparently been dashed.
The first step, according to White House enforcer Charles Colson, will be to purge Cabinet officials and other officials thought to be insufficiently loyal to Nixon. He cited the IRS, which refused to audit Nixon's enemies despite White House demands, and the FCC, which thus far has not lifted the television licenses of the Washington Post, as prime examples of agencies that "need to get with the program."
Nixon strategists believe that the electorate has decisively endorsed Nixon's conduct of the Vietnam War and his battle against liberal elitists at home. "The President appealed to the great silent Christian majority," explained Attorney General and CRP head John Mitchell.
Mitchell promised that Nixon would not forget who supported him and who didn't. He promised more "strict constructionists" on the Supreme Court. "The President would like to appoint nine William Rehnquists to the Supreme Court."
Meanwhile, despondent Democrats tried to pick up the pieces of their shattered party. "Let's face it, the voters supported the Commander-in-Chief in wartime and regarded Watergate as a two-bit burglary. If the Democrats want to appeal to mainsteam America, they've got to abandon their support for abortion rights and support the President's peace-with-honor policy," said Democratic pundit Ben Wattenberg. "Otherwise, they won't regain the White House in my lifetime."
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