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Over on Drudge<\/a> today, an entry reads Archives: Tape shows Nixon too drunk to speak to British PM…<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It details a story that, during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, President Nixon was too drunk to have a phone conversation with the British prime minister. But that sentence isn’t necessarily accurate. I guess I’m too nitpicky about language, but the article shows that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told<\/em> assistant Brent Scowcroft that Nixon was too drunk for the conversation. There is no tape that “shows Nixon too drunk.” There’s only the word of Henry Kissinger in a phone transcript.<\/p>\n

And I’m just saying that Henry might not be the most reliable or accurate source, especially when it came to getting access to the president during a crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over on Drudge today, an entry reads Archives: Tape shows Nixon too drunk to speak to British PM…. It details a story that, during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, President Nixon was too drunk to have a phone conversation with the British prime minister. But that sentence isn’t necessarily accurate. I guess I’m too nitpicky about … <\/p>\n

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