Episode 643: Richard Nixon – California’s Native Son

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Richard Nixon was the only U.S. president born and raised in California. He had a remarkable romance with his wife Pat, and followed a unique path into politics that lead him to Washington, D.C. and the nation’s highest office. In his new book, Richard Nixon: California’s Native Son, author Paul Carter describes Nixon’s deep, defining roots in California and challenges common misconceptions about our thirty-seventh president. Carter spent over a decade reviewing archival material about Nixon’s life – some of which has never been written about before. Newt’s guest is Paul Carter. He is an attorney with more than twenty years of experience in investigation and trial work.

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0:00.0	On this episode of Newt's world, more biographies have been written about Richard Nixon
0:09.4	than any other contemporary U.S. President or politician.
0:14.0	Yet many modern biographies of Nixon have been consumed with Watergate.
0:19.0	All have arguably missed the most important perspective on Nixon.
0:23.1	Nixon was the only US president born and raised in California.
0:27.8	He had a remarkable romance with his wife, Pat,
0:30.8	and followed a unique path into politics that led him to Washington DC and the
0:35.9	nation's highest office. After Watergate, he returned to his roots in Southern
0:41.0	California and eventually returned to the world stage.
0:45.3	In his new book, Richard Nixon, California's native son, author Paul Carter,
0:51.2	describes Nixon's deep defining roots in California and challenges common misperceptions
0:57.7	about our 37th president. Carter spent over a decade reviewing archival material about Nixon's life, some of which has never been written about before.
1:08.0	I'm really pleased to welcome my guest Paul Carter.
1:12.0	He is an attorney with more than 20 years of experience in
1:15.0	investigation and trial work. He is the author of the Biographical Map
1:19.5	Native son Richard, Southern California.
1:23.0	Paul, welcome and thank you for joining me on Newtsworld.
1:34.0	Well, thank you very much, Speaker Gingrich, for having me here.
1:37.0	It's a pleasure to be with you, sir.
1:39.0	Let me start with, why did you decide to do a biography of Nixon?
1:44.0	I'm a product of public school and I don't have a dog in this fight over Richard Nixon.
1:50.0	I wasn't old enough to have any formative opinions about his presidency.
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