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Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. then kissinger would go on tv the next night and say that the president had met you more than half-way.
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Nixon's The Kind Of Guy That If

Mort Sahl
Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. then kissinger would go on tv the next night and say that the president had met you more than half-way.
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