Ifølge hans advokat John Dean og andre insidere var Nixon besat af krigsdemonstranter og nedtonede sin kamplyst for at pacificere dem. Men han stålsatte sig med alkohol og så filmen Patton om og om igen.
According to his lawyer John Dean and other insiders, Nixon was actually obsessed with war protesters and often adjusted his bellicosity to diminish their outrage but now stilling himself by drinking heavily and watching the movie Patton over and over again.