Sam Tannenhaus
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A total outsider.
35-year-old guy.
Former naval officer.
Former naval officer.
And he's watching his, and he doesn't like him either for all those reasons you mentioned.
When Nixon was a young guy, we all know this has been reported in all the biographies.
You can always tell the really interesting presidents because they get great books written about them, including Nixon.
And Nixon, when he was a kid-
was admitted, you know, coming from that little town, Yorba Linda, California, he's admitted to Harvard.
But he's a son of a grocer.
He can't afford to go there.
So instead, he goes to the local college, Whittier, and then he gets his law degree at Duke, finishes third in his class, and the law firm will hire him.
Can't get a job.
Can't get a job.
The FBI wouldn't hire him.
He tried to get a job there.
Nobody wants him.
So here he is.
Yeah, he's got nothing going for him.
But he's very, very smart.