Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House refused to say how long Agnew would continue to enjoy the style of living to which he has become accustomed. But Nixon's aides were talking privately of extending the coverage to six months from his resignation on Oct. 10-the same period that Hubert Humphrey was given similar privileges by Richard Nixon after losing the 1968 election...
Time has not lessened Agnew's bitterness toward the press or the Justice Department or the business cronies who squealed; he has privately complimented one businessman pal for not "breaking...
...Agnew associate reports that "he thinks the leaks [to the press] were unconscionable. He thinks the prosecution was prejudiced...
This associate also recalls hearing Agnew's comment about Nixon's fight to avoid surrendering the Watergate tapes. Said Agnew: "He's doing anything that he can do to postpone the inevitable as long as possible...
...last election, Osgood assembled several victory speeches to demonstrate how similar such addresses are regardless of candidate and locale. When he does choose to cover a straight story, like an election, he applies a twist. Sometimes he does a show in doggerel, as when Speaker Carl Albert declined Spiro Agnew's request for a House investigation into the charges against him. Concluded Osgood: "You accuse me of just doing nothing/ It's not true, as a matter of fact/ I am far, far beyond doing nothing/ I am boldly refusing...