[lbo-talk] "I like rightists"

[SA]

A propos Nixon in China....Here are some of the actual quotations. It 
doesn't say so here but the original source for this scene is Nixon's 
memoir, RN.

SA

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/filmmore/description.html

The Chinese surprised Nixon almost immediately. Taken to the 
government’s guest house to rest, Nixon was interrupted just as he was 
about to enter the shower: Chairman Mao wanted to meet the president. 
Mao and Nixon joked about their unlikely encounter, with Nixon telling 
the Chairman, "You’re quite aware of my sentiments with regards to 
Communism. I’m considered to be a rightist." Mao responded, "Oh, I like 
rightists." To which Nixon countered, "Sometimes those on the right can 
do things which those on the left can only talk about."