Nixon's penultimate days. ('The Final Days' TV drama) (column)

Nixon's Penultimate Days The reaction by Richard Nixon to the dramatization of The Final Days was one of massive retaliation: he changed his credit card from AT&T (the program's sponsor) to Sprint. He did this, by the way, without previewing the film, and indeed no one in his right mind would have expected him to re-experience the tortures of 1972-74. One cannot imagine Sir Thomas More or Joan of Arc taking satisfaction from visiting again the events that led to their torture and execution. On the other hand, Leonard Garment, counsel to Mr. Nixon and a true cosmopolite, exploded…