Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Further, it is not a little bit discouraging that these gentlemen have not yet learned that anti-communism, no matter how "liberal," is completely inconsistent with any belief in democracy and civil liberties. Democrats accept everyone as an equally valid source of claims and do not judge the positions of anyone on grounds other than those directly connected with the issue at hand. A democrat opposes or supports solely on the relevant dimensions of the issue. Why? Simply because only these aspects are available and meaningful for open discussion and debate; to attempt to penetrate the hidden reasons...
Gaunt and visibly fatigued, Connecticut Democrat Thomas Dodd rose to defend himself last week before the Senate's Select Committee on Stand ards and Conduct. It was more than a year since Washington Columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson had first accused Dodd, 59, of financial irregularities, and he seemed several years older in appearance. "I have read and heard that I betrayed my trust, that I betrayed my oath, and I tell you it has been a hard thing," said the Senator, his voice cracking occasionally. "The best thing for me has been my conscience. My conscience...
...Senate committee, composed of three Democrats and three Republicans under the chairmanship of Mississippi Democrat John Stennis, was chiefly concerned with one crucial point. Was the money Dodd's to spend as he saw fit, or was it raised as campaign contributions and therefore unusable for any other purpose? If Dodd's supporters merely meant to present him with gifts, then the money was his-tax-free. If, on the other hand, they were led to believe that they were contributing to his campaign chest, then the Senator's diversion of the funds could...
...CORE'S Floyd McKissick, he got in a few licks for the benefit of reporters and TV cameras. "Long before Mr. Meredith was having his diapers changed," he mocked, "I was walking the streets of Harlem on picket lines." Noting that Meredith describes himself as an "independent Democrat," Powell observed that "anybody who is a Democrat running on the Republican ticket has got to be a little tetched in the head." No one was nasty enough to remind Powell that in 1956 he bolted his party to support Dwight Eisenhower...
...fame in Ripley's Believe It or Not. In 1964, as one of the youngest (he was then 34) investigators with the Warren Commission, Specter developed the report's cental "single-bullet" theory of the Kennedy assassination. Then, back in Philadelphia, Specter shifted political allegiance from liberal Democrat to liberal Republican, won handily in the 1965 race for district attorney to become the city's first major G.O.P. victor in a dozen years. Last week Specter took on a new challenge: he accepted the Republican nomination for mayor in this fall's municipal election...