Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that Nixon's purpose was less to resurrect himself than to crucify Ford. Some even speculated that Nixon wanted to harm Ford in New Hampshire so that the ex-President could broker a deadlocked Republican convention this summer and tip the nomination to Texan John Connally, the lapsed Democrat. Whether that was true or not, it was clear that, whatever his ulterior motives, Nixon had allowed himself to be manipulated by Peking for the purposes of Chinese, and not U.S., foreign policy. Following by just 2½ months an unproductive trip to Peking by Ford and Secretary of State...
Graham said a source told her Feinberg is not a registered Democrat, and is therefore ineligible to replace Democratic incumbent Francis R. Burns...
Feinberg said yesterday he was a registered Democrat. He said that after hearing last Monday that his eligibility might be questioned, went to the Election Commission office to look for his voter's affidavit but the election commissioners could not find it, Feinberg said...
Pennsylvania Gov. Milton Shapp ran a poor ninth in the Democrat primary last night, finishing behind anti-abortion candidate Ellen McCormick...
...mother Nina was the daughter of Oklahoma Senator Thomas Pryor Gore, a fiery Populist-Democrat who had been completely blind from the age of eleven. Vidal spent much time in his grandfather's home in Washington's Rock Creek Park. The boy read aloud to the Senator (constitutional history, British common law, the Congressional Record) and guided him around Washington. A book-crammed attic also gave Vidal a place to hide from growing tensions at home. A childhood friend from these years remembers Vidal's father as "quiet" and his mother as "so self-centered I cannot...