Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Divisive, abrasive, limited?" To whom? Not to me and not to many others. In my opinion, TIME'S description of Agnew as vice-presidential choice was arbitrary, capricious, controversial and careless. This is an opinion only, not a statement of fact. I suggest that those responsible for the Agnew story consider the difference between...
...realization that Spiro Agnew will once again be running for the office that is a heartbeat away from the presidency makes my heart beat with fear...
...Contrary to what you seem to believe, not all college students hate the Vice President. I am a college student, and I think very highly of Mr. Agnew. I do get sick of reading about how the President's choice of Mr. Agnew is supposed to steer me toward Mr. McGovern. If anything, it strengthened my support of the Republican ticket...
...Beach three weeks ago. The hour was horrendously late because of all those unruly, facetious vice-presidential nominations from the convention floor, but McGovern was saying to the delegates that he did not mind because Senator Thomas Francis Eagleton of Missouri was so clearly a superior alternative to Spiro Agnew. Only moments before, Eagleton had stood on the podium with his running mate, arms raised in triumph, a partly dazed but wholly rapturous grin spread across his boyish, Jack Lemmony face...
Doubts. The Nixon endorsement of Agnew was apparently made on the narrow ground of an illusory partisan advantage or out of purely personal loyalty. The decision should have turned on whether Agnew is fully capable of taking over the presidency if the need should arise. Although Agnew tends to arouse either adoration or enmity, any detached observer has to have grave doubts about his ability to lead the nation. Agnew's ventures into foreign policy, for example, have been uninspiring. He has represented the President overseas on five major tours, but mostly in areas dominated by right-wing dictatorships...