Word: counter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gorey: He has greater expertise on foreign affairs than Humphrey has. One problem with decade or so, when it became a possibility that he could become President, he did some things that ran counter to his basic ideas. For example, he publicly supported a resumption of the bombing in early 1966, but privately he was against it. But I have a feeling that the old Humphrey is still there and we may see it. Sometimes, though, you get the impression from him that God is in heaven and all's right with the world. Nixon projects an image...
...that McGovern, 46, was so far ahead to begin with. He is only the third Democratic Senator in South Dakota's 79-year history. Only 38% of the voters are registered Democrats McGovern's demands for a softer line on the Viet Nam war ran directly counter to local sentiment; Army recruiters credit South Dakotans with one of the highest volunteer records...
...answer is to build a counter-community of people who share the same life-style (the style is so important) based on political and social service. The old dichotomy between full-time political revolutionaries and those who need to be politicized must be broken down. In the counter-community embodying the spiritual beliefs of the "communist consciousness," everyone is a political being as well as a performer of a socio-cultural function, whether it be film-making or teaching...
...this partnership of committed people only will we be able to build the counter-community that lives by its own value-system with its own way of life and customs, dope, rock & roll, etc. If the community is to grow, it can grow only by example--by being around to attract more people to its fold and in this way to inculcate its radical beliefs as much as its radical structures into outside society...
...counter Packwood and to bring out as many voters as possible, Morse has mobilized one of the strongest political armies in Oregon's history. On all the college campuses McCarthy students have come out to work for Morse's re-election. A few of the McCarthy stalwarts, however, are boycotting Morse as a result of his strong endorsement of Vice President Humphrey. Nevertheless, Morse supporters are counting on McCarthy-style house-to-house campaigning, along with some heavy spending on TV & advertising to pull Oregon's old populist through the toughest campaign he has ever fought...