# Nixon's Enemies List. Where? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 14, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247 "2005-10-14T17:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/1 "2005-10-14T17:28:18Z")
The late & largely unlamented Richard “Tricky Dick” Nixon famously kept a written list of politicians, journalists & celebrities he regarded as his enemies. To be on it was later regarded as a badge of honor. Where can I find an online copy of this list? ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/2 "2005-10-14T17:30:24Z")
here’s one: [http://web.archive.org/web/20030621235432/www.artsci.wustl.edu/~polisci/calvert/PolSci3103/watergate/enemy.htm](http://web.archive.org/web/20030621235432/www.artsci.wustl.edu/~polisci/calvert/PolSci3103/watergate/enemy.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/3 "2005-10-14T17:57:41Z")
> [@Cagey Drifter](#): > > here’s one: > > [Facts on File](http://web.archive.org/web/20030621235432/www.artsci.wustl.edu/~polisci/calvert/PolSci3103/watergate/enemy.htm) Cannot access at work. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/4 "2005-10-14T18:13:57Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Cannot access at work. ☹ Who do you work for, the RNC? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/5 "2005-10-14T19:26:25Z")
Most of this is historical only, but Conyers and Kennedy are still fighting the good fight. I actually hadn’t realized Conyers was already prominent that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/6 "2005-10-14T20:20:51Z")
Actress Carol Channing is on the enemies list. That’s just bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/7 "2005-10-14T20:22:04Z")
Hopefully your work won’t block [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_enemies_list) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/8 "2005-10-14T23:32:40Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Most of this is historical only, but Conyers and Kennedy are still fighting the good fight. I actually hadn’t realized Conyers was already prominent that long ago. Daniel Schorr is still commentating for NPR; and Ron Dellums is (I believe) a candidate to be the next mayor of Oakland (where Jerry Brown is the incumbent). ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/9 "2005-10-14T23:50:30Z")
Daniel Schorr, in fact, hadn’t read the “enemies list” prior to reading off the names to a live TV audience. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/10 "2005-10-15T01:54:18Z")
So many people think that the “dirty tricks” people were all scattered after Watergate when in fact the majority of them were never caught and continued to do their “job”. Hence, Jane and Babs are _still_ major targets. The Enemies List never went away, it just keeps getting updated. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/11 "2005-10-15T22:56:49Z")
Hmmm…Bill Cosbt made the list. I wonder why. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/12 "2005-10-15T22:59:16Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Hmmm…Bill Cosbt made the list. > I wonder why. I mean “Bill Cosby”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/13 "2005-10-15T23:09:22Z")
> [@anson2995](#): > > Actress Carol Channing is on the enemies list. That’s just bizarre. I’d like some more info on this one, too. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/14 "2005-10-16T02:01:43Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Hmmm…Bill Cosbt made the list. > I wonder why. Yeah. Nixon was out of office by the time _Leonard Part 6_ was released. Ba-dum bum. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/15 "2005-10-17T17:54:28Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > I’d like some more info on this one, too. She was a very strong Humphrey supporter in '68, and had been a prominent showbiz supporter of LBJ before that. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nixons-enemies-list-where/326247/16 "2005-10-17T18:47:08Z")
Two other priceless items: John Conyers’ ‘known weakness for white females’; and the fact that ‘Black congressmen’ are listed separately from ‘Members of the House’.