Word: doves
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ford who will take the dove position, has been quiet in public about his views on Vietnam. In an address last spring, however, he did call...
...South Vietnamese cities was shocking and sickening [Feb. 9]. There are those who will cry "bad taste" or "obscene." The fact is that war is obscene, but unrealistic complacency about it is as dangerous as it is uninformed. Hopefully, candid reporting will make shockingly clear to hawk and dove alike the horrible consequences of a peace-at-any-price policy, as well as the urgency of exhausting all channels to obtain a just peace...
While most U.S. papers have moved closer to the political center, Loeb has stayed resolutely on the far right. Warring against the twin evils of taxation and timidity in foreign affairs, he has substituted his own eagle-chicken classification for the customary hawk-dove. By his definition, even Walt Rostow and Robert McNamara qualify for the "chicken" category. "The harbor of Haiphong," he says repeatedly, "should be bombed...
...Republicans, however, are not in any solid array either. There is a split between hawks and doves just as on the Democratic side. Senator Hatfield has indicated that he prefers a dove as the Republican nominee, but he has not found any promising dove candidate...
Before the general election in 1966 Hatfield had clearly stated a dove position on Vietnam. Duncan was convinced that Hatfield's stand on Vietnam had disturbed enough voters so that a hawkish Democart could possibly defeat this seemingly unbeatable Governor. Hatfield retreated to a more ambiguous stand. This, plus Morse's endorsement, may have pulled out his narrow victory...