Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offset Jay Rockefeller's name, fame and wealth-his $1.5 million campaign fund is largely family money-Incumbent Republican Arch A. Moore Jr., 49 (who has a substantial fund himself), is getting personal appearance plugs from six G.O.P. Governors (excluding Nelson), Vice President Agnew and President Nixon. In addition, twelve Illinois Republican Congressmen recently visited West Virginia to diminish the Percy charisma...
...Twin Falls, Idaho, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew attended a cocktail party for the men he has often used as foils: the reporters who cover him. Relaxed, smiling and exchanging wisecracks, he accepted the gag gift of a policeman's whistle from newsmen. That night, as he was heckled at the College of Southern Idaho, Agnew suddenly blew a piercing blast with his new toy and shouted: "Wrong!" The startled audience gasped, then broke into loud applause...
...this unexciting campaign, it is the junior partners rather than the presidential candidates who lend color to the proceedings. Agnew, obviously seeking a new image, has for the most part dropped his old shrillness in favor of a more judicious, lighthearted and confident style. Shriver, oddly, often comes across almost as bombastic as the old Agnew; yet there is an ebullience about him that makes him the liveliest of the top four candidates...
Traveling in his comfortable jet, Michelle Ann III (named for his granddaughter), Agnew is campaigning at a rather stately pace, but nevertheless, he has hit 32 states and covered more than 35,000 miles. He sprinkles his stump speeches with light sallies. In Columbus, Ga., Agnew contended that "McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate." Firing at Ted Kennedy, Agnew replied in Idaho to Kennedy's criticism of the Administration's farm policy by terming him "that great son of the soil," and adding: "They learn a good deal about farming...
...Although Agnew has chosen his appearances before young people with care, selecting such conservative campuses as Brigham Young University and Michigan's Calvin College, he has been harassed by hecklers at many stops. When some students at Calvin College chanted, "Dump Nixon!", Agnew said "Since you are unable to think independently, I'll lead," and waved his arm to direct the chorus. The crowd loved it. In Syracuse, he gibed at demonstrators who were walking out on his talk: "Bye! Don't forget your bottle before...