Even after | was defeated in the 1962 California gubernatorial election and announced that | was through with politics, she said, “Richard Nixon has not even begun his rise in politics." And then she predicted the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963. After the Watergate affair, she stated: “God gave us Richard Nixon to divide us, to test us where our faith is concerned, to see if we could come together.” A local paper published her statement ( “God gave us Nixon to divide us.—Jeane Dixon” ) as the caption for a cartoon showing a cloud with the voice of God saying, “Don’ t blame me—! voted for McGovern.” | had to admit it was funny, even though she had been quoted out of context. kok # Harry Robbins “Bob” Haldeman came into my life when | was a senator in 1951. He volunteered to work on my vice presidential campaign the next year, but that campaign was not to be for him, so he tried again in 1956, and this time we took him on. He rose to be my chief advance man for the presidential race in 1960. After my defeat, Haldeman remained loyal. He volunteered to help me with my book, S/x Crises. | wrote the chapter on the 1960 campaign myself because it was so fresh in my mind. Al Moscow drafted four other HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015099