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GODDAMNIT, the guy was innocent. In the spring of 1973, a group of federal prosecutors, backed by others of the unkempt left, alleged that Spiro T. Agnew, then Vice President of the United States, had taken bribes, evaded taxes, and in general betrayed the public trust. The attempt to air the charges in some legal fashion suffered a little when Agnew, thinking as usual of his country, pleaded nolo contendere to a minor tax charge and avoided a trial. But the truth can hide only so long. The word is out now, in hardback, $10.95 from William Morrow...
...Quietly or Else is Agnew's firsthand account of how the liberals did him in. Take for example his recollection of what federal law enforcement authorities described as a $2500 cash bribe paid Agnew while he was Vice President: "I want to give you a campaign contribution, but I need your help in getting some work," Agnew remembers his friend as saying. "I will recommend you and do what I can to help you, but I have no control over awarding work," Agnew remembers replaying. "He seemed satisfied," the ex-Maryland governor remembers, "and arrangements were made...
Back in 1970, when Bush was running unsuccessfully a second time for the U.S. Senate from Texas, he looked to President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for help - but nervously. Nixon was growing testy over attacks charging that he had not liquidated...
Viet Nam War. Agnew was Nixon's rude political and press hatchet man. Both spoke in Texas for Bush. Afterward, Bush had some second thoughts and canceled film clips of the Nixon visit in his efforts to walk a narrow line between the White House and his ambitions beyond. Ever so slightly those first impressions formed that Bush was too cautious...
Actually, there's little talk so far about bias. Unlike the days when Nixon and Agnew breathed enmity upon the press, today's candidates are too busy trying to catch its eye. Watch John Connally attempting to prove what an amiable fellow he is by jovially first-naming Mike Wallace all through the 60 Minutes program in which Wallace skillfully cuts him up. The first important dustup over press bias has come from Tom Shales, the Washington Post's usually acute television critic. He accused all three networks of having had "a field day playing Get Teddy...