Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, President Nixon and Vice President Agnew have made their own special contribution to the lexicon of excess. Those who profess deep social feelings, as George McGovern surely does, seek to authenticate them with verbal ultimates. But the process wrings out our political vocabularies, corrupts them, drains them of meaning...
...course Spiro Agnew will run for President. How could the Republicans pass up the chance for the Spiro...
...would predict that at the end of the first 100 days of a Spiro Agnew Administration, the entire nation would be in need of electroshock therapy...
...mild as the Republican reform measures are compared with those put through by the Democrats, they may face a stiff fight. Conservatives and party regulars view the proposed reforms as a thinly disguised stop-Agnew-in-'76 movement, figuring that most of the new delegates brought in under any reform schemes are not likely to be Agnewites. So far the White House indicates that it will not take sides but let the convention thresh out a response. If nothing else, the battles should be good theater in a script otherwise in search of surprise...
...survey also disclosed that Republicans have some problems with their vice-presidential candidate. The panel split almost evenly over whether it thought Vice President Spiro Agnew has been good in the office. One out of five Nixon supporters are bothered by Agnew's performance and two out of five undecided voters were either undecided or held negative opinions about him. Those who praise Agnew often say, as does William Applegate, a television reporter from Youngstown, Ohio, that "he's one of the few outspoken men we have." Those who disapprove of him often cite his aggressive oratory. Retired...