Sympathy for Democrats
He also sympathized with
Democratic Party Chairman
Robert Strauss, stating that if
his party were as "fractured"
as the Democrats, he too
would capitalize on the
incident to bail out his party.
Mr. Bush stated his
assurance that "no matter what
happens, the criminal justice
system has a way of working.
At the same time, I say to you
let's be some what careful as we
deal in innuendo and hearsay,
that we cherish that
fundamental concept that a
person is innocent until proven
guilty."
Emphasizing his point that
"the Republican National
Committee is in no way
connected with the Watergate
incident," he expressed hopes
that the scandal does not
"decloud a very positive record
of an administration."
Mr. Bush discussed the
Nixon Doctrine in foreign and
domestic affairs, drawing a
parallel between the two
policies which both emphasize
"regional responsibility: less
entrance of American troops
into crises" internationally and
"encouragement of revenue
sharing domestically."
"The Nixon Doctrine is
something I support and
something I can believe in," he
said.
"The President has a
magnificent, almost
unparalleled record of sizing up
the realities of the world,"
which has shifted from a
bipolar to a multipolar system.
