Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lyndon Johnson had only inherited the war. McGovern initially denied then admitted that he had given Pierre Salinger instructions for a mission to the North Vietnamese in Paris. Both Nixon's and McGovern's advisers agree that the Thomas Eagleton affair did the most to undermine the Democrat's image. McGovern let the debacle run on for days, first pledging "1,000% " support for Eagleton, then dropping hints to reporters that Eagleton would be replaced-a performance disastrously at odds with McGovern's pledge that he would never be the sort of politician who "says...
...lose the election. The housewife certainly doesn't think we've been too hot on that. We're not 28 points ahead. McGovern is 28 points behind. There's no way the old man can win an election by more than 55% against a strong Democrat. You've got to have someone against you like McGovern...
...Nowhere in the Bible, not even in Revelation, is it written that black people have to vote Democratic. McGovern went to France to get a running mate before turning to a black brother here at home."-Alban Niles, a black Democrat for Nixon, speaking at a Republican dinner in Los Angeles...
Nixon's own welfare-reform plan was advanced three years ago by Daniel Moynihan, a Kennedy Democrat who used his charms and powers of persuasion as a presidential assistant to help win over Nixon's more conservative inclinations. Buried in the ore of a tough work-ethic requirement for the able-bodied on welfare were the Administration's glittering liberal jewels: 1) a guaranteed annual income eventually set as $2,400 for a family of four, 2) income supplements for the working poor, and 3) an extension of coverage to all male-headed families, since many states...
...indicated that this image of him is distorted. Far from being the conservative ballast on the Mass Hall ship of state, Steiner is a man with impeccable liberal credentials that date back to his undergraduate days when he actively supported Adlai Stevenson for President. He ran as a reform Democrat in a New York City Assembly district in 1962 and later headed a Federal civil rights agency. He presently supports George McGovern, and has contributed to the Democratic nominee's campaign...