Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moment last week Richard Nixon reclaimed one of the old rhetorical battlegrounds that Spiro Agnew vacated recently when he assumed his loftier persona. In an address before the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, the President attacked "the so-called opinion leaders in this country." Specifically, Nixon was angry at "the leaders of the media, the presidents of our universities, professors and some of our top businessmen" for not supporting his bombing policies or his May 8 decision to mine Haiphong harbor...
...ever made personalities a campaign issue. There are his speeches on Vietnam in direct contradiction to the facts, his announcement that the invasion of Cambodia was not an "invasion," his interference in the trials of Calley and Manson, lies about the economy, and attempts to cover his and Agnew's bungling. A particularly gruesome moment resurrected from his California campaign has Nixon trying to establish credibility as a state-oriented candidate. "I am running," he declares assuringly, "for Governor of the United States...
Canvassing students is only one of the tasks of the Harvard-Radcliffe Students for the Re-election of the President. According to Bill Schuck 74 head of the organization, he has also led 35 Nixon-Agnew supporters in a Veteran's Day parade and attempted to attract prominent Republican speakers to Cambridge...
...guess we've got to just accept the fact that McGovern doesn't have a plan for America. All that the fractional and truncated plans he offers seem to do is make him very popular in some sectors in North Viet Nam."-Agnew...
News broadcasts of national affairs, which seem to have been a particular irritant to the White House, will be minimized under Loomis' guidelines. In a near-perfect echo of Vice President Agnew, he is particularly opposed to a newsman's coming on after a televised speech to offer his commentary on what has just been said. "Frankly," he says, "I think 'instant analysis' is lousy because the commentator who is sitting there hasn't had a chance to think." He is not opposed, however, to local stations airing local controversies...