Underdown admires Richard Nixon as a visionary
Pete Underdown compares his cousin Parks to Richard Nixon because both were visionary men. He admired Nixon despite being a Democrat.
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Oral History Interview with Sidney Leneer Pete Underdown, June 18, 2000. Interview I-0091. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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But he was, I'd say, one of the greatest visionary people that
I've ever known, and I've known some pretty good ones, including my good
personal friend, President Nixon.
- KATHLEEN KEARNS:
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Really?
- PETE UNDERDOWN:
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I'm a Democrat, but he was the best president we've ever had.
- KATHLEEN KEARNS:
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And you were friends?
- PETE UNDERDOWN:
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Yes. I was a friend.
