Word: choses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McCloskey added that the Republicans had risked the nomination of "an extreme right candidate" because they felt that any Republican candidate for President would be defeated. He said that they chose to ignore the possibility that "an extremist candidate might lose so badly as to pull down secondary Republican candidates in his wake...
...crucial Midwest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Democratic since Alf Landon) predictably chose L.B.J.; the Toledo Times broke a 116-year-old tradition and followed suit, while the Cincinnati Enquirer opted for Barry, and the Wisconsin State Journal decided, "We cannot honestly recommend either candidate to-the voters." Not surprisingly, one of the nation's largest Negro newspapers, the Pittsburgh Courier, editorialized for Johnson. Also in the L.B.J. column were the Louisville Courier-Journal, and New Hampshire's Concord Daily Monitor. LIFE Magazine, which said of L.B.J. last week: "We think he deserves his own full term...
Asked simply, "Whom would you prefer for your father, Johnson or Goldwater?" forty-two girls chose the President, while thirty favored his rival. Unlike the ancient Chinese, Cliffies apparently draw sharp distinction between familial and executive ability, since seventy-one of those polled supported Johnson for the Presidency. The other one didn't care...
...depends on whether I'd rather be bribed or spanked," said one girl who finally chose Goldwater, apparently feeling that a bullied bottom was preferable to a sullied soul...
...want a stupid father," stated one typical LBJ girl. Many other chose Johnson to avoid an "unbalanced" family...