Word: folksing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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And as he hungered and fed, Johnson found himself steeped deeper and deeper in sentimentality. He became the folksy Texan who brought the presidency to the street corners of the nation, who left the issues of moment behind and instead doled out intimations of humility and provincial innocence. "Yes," he...
Just bring your children and dogs, any thing you have with you. It won't take long. You'll be back in time to put the kids to bed." He invites everybody to the Inauguration. He tells them to "put this in your noggin." When hecklers jeered him...
Iowa (9): Farmers fear Goldwater's farm policy; old folks don't like his views on social security. Johnson is well ahead.
"Now this is the kind of thing I'm talking about, folks!" he cried. "This is the kind of thing that bothers me. When the President of the U.S. has swept so much dirt under the rug that you have to walk uphill to get to the Democratic platform...
Volpe is fanatical about the importance of campaigning, claiming that he lost his re-election bid in 1962 because "I thought being a conscientious Governor was enough. I didn't get out and see the people." The Peabody upset shocked Volpe for he had hoped to contend for the vice...