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...turf that George Wallace considers his own, Humphrey tore into the Alabamian with unmatched savagery-and won applause. "I've been told one hundred and one times this may not be the place [to criticize Wallace], but I think it is," Humphrey told a crowd of 10,000 in Knoxville. "He stands, and he has always stood, as the apostle of the politics of fear and racism," cried the Vice President. "Some of his political managers and even some of his presidential electors are drawn from the ranks of the Ku Klux Klan, the White Citizens Councils, the John...
...choice of LeMay, 61, who had been mentioned as a possibility for weeks, was not all that surprising. The only surprise, in fact, was the look on Wallace's face. Beaming with pleasure and pride, the Alabamian introduced his candidate to a Pittsburgh press conference, then stepped aside to let the general speak. Wallace's expression quickly turned to obvious dismay. Within the space of a minute, LeMay had made even Wallace appear, by contrast, the image of the statesmanlike candidate...
ARCHAIC laws and institutions are often dangerous-a truism that Americans are rediscovering in a rather special sense during the 1968 presidential campaign. They are doing so with the help of George Wallace. The Alabamian is gaining so many votes, says one happy Southern Congressman, that he is now as strong as "50 acres of horseradish." Other Congressmen are appalled at the possible result: the Wallace phenomenon may throw the election into the House of Representatives. The outcome could foil most voters' wishes and upset the two-party system in Congress. To House Majority Whip Hale Boggs, "the idea...
...Even if the Democrats retained control of a majority of the delegations, some individual Congressmen, under pressure from constituencies or conscience, might bolt the party. Many Southern Democrats, whether pro or anti-Wallace, might turn against the Administration leadership and vote the way their districts did-presumably for the Alabamian...
...What y'll doin' round here? How you lahk it here?" The ritual has an important purpose: about half the people who come to Alabama are Southern Hospitality-seekers; the other half are rotten no-good trouble-making kids. Each half will get what it's looking for; the Alabamian is ready to glad-hand the decent folks who like the South and to womp on the no-good kids. But first there has to be the interrogation...