Right, I see...so Nancy Ann Min De Parle, White House Czarina of Health, had absolutely nothing to do with Kaiser Permanente “underwriting” the dinners...
That line came from this interview. The State-Run Media loves to throw it out from time to time. Quite fitting, don’t you think?
http://www.landmarkcases.org/nixon/nixonview.html
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Nixon’s Views on Presidential Power:
Excerpts from an Interview with David Frost
The following is an excerpt from an interview with former President Nixon conducted by David Frost. It aired on television on May 19, 1977.
FROST: “So what in a sense, you’re saying is that there are certain situations, and the Huston Plan or that part of it was one of them, where the president can decide that it’s in the best interests of the nation or something, and do something illegal.”
NIXON: “Well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal.”
FROST: “By definition.”
NIXON: “Exactly. Exactly. If the president, for example, approves something because of the national security, or in this case because of a threat to internal peace and order of significant magnitude, then the president’s decision in that instance is one that enables those who carry it out, to carry it out without violating a law. Otherwise they’re in an impossible position.”