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Domestic Policy
Memo
From Nofziger to Dent RE: Middle America.
2 pgs.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Page 1 of 1
Middle
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 27, 1969
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E.O. 12065, Soction 6-102
By chm) NARS, Date 3/19/81
E.O.
12063,
Austion 6-102
By CRAY NARS, Date 3/10/81
TO:
HARRY DENT
FROM:
LYN NOFZIGER
SUBJECT: MIDDLE AMERICA
Harry:
After having read Baroody's proposal, about all I'm convinced of is
that it would be damned expensive and that nobody would give a damn.
It seems to me that state by state polls properly taken and properly
analyzed could give us what we seek in finding out what Middle America
thinks. (Frankly, I think we already know.)
The key to the hearts of the Middle Americans is only partly in what we
do. The main thing is in the way we present it. I think we have to posi-
tion the President and the Republican Party in such a way that the Middle
American thinks we're on his side.
At the same time, we have to position the Democrats as tools of the
special interests -- in this case the militant minorities, the militant
poor, the militant students and intellectuals -- all those who seek to
disrupt the mainstream of American life. As the Democratic Party --
the Kennedys, Harrises, McGoverns, et al, move leftward, we should
push them farther and farther that way and widen the gap between them
and us. At the same time we have to keep the gap between us and the
Wallace-Far Right Group.
We -- the Administration -- must become a part of and spokesman for
Middle America.
To do this, We must remember that Middle America is basically for a
stable scolety under which things gradually get better.
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He is against whatever threatens that society and that trend. And he
votes against it, whether it be the left or the right. He'll vote against
Democrats if he thinks they are letting minorities threaten his job.
Likewise he'll vote against Republicans if he thinks we are letting big
business threaten his income.
He votes against probably more than he votes for.
It is our job then, to make sure he has more to vote against with the
Democrats than with the Republicans.