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said, ‘I have lost,’ and that he was going to work with me and urged all of his supporters to give me their support now that I'm the member of Congress,” and so forth. It was really a lovely speech. There are very few people capable of making that kind of concessionary speech. There was a certain bitterness, because he had planned to run for governor using this first step on the ladder -- Congress, then maybe Senator and then governor. But governor was his ultimate goal, and I killed it for him. I mean I really derailed him. So I explained all of this, and then I said, “But there is one failing.” And their eyes light up. “Yes, what's that?” I said, “He has terrible judgment.” And they're writing all this down. They say, “What do you mean?” I said, “Well, he ran against me and he thought he'd win.” And they're writing it all down. So I say to these FRI guys after I give them the punch line. “Fellows, that's a joke.” (laughs) He was ultimately appointed as U.S. attorney.

I don't think that he did a particularly good job. He handled the Ellsberg case. Many people would say that was not handled brilliantly. And then he had a big fight with his assistant campaign manager who then went onto his staff and then ultimately broke with him and denounced him for selling out to the large corporations that were destroying the environment -- GM I think was one of them and other plants that were putting





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