Word: goldwaterism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Boyish-looking, fast-talking Callaway, 48, is no stranger to controversy. Member of a Georgia textile family whose fortune has been estimated at $40 million, he holds a commission from West Point, served three years in Korea and is a former regent of the University of Georgia. He was originally...
As President Ford planned to go parading in West Virginia, four former presidential candidates appeared before a Senate subcommittee last week to belittle the political impact of such showboating and crowd-pumping. "I shook 5,000 hands in one day and got the hell beat out of me," Republican Senator...
What should be done to reduce the risk? McGovern suggested that a dialogue between President and people could better be accomplished by give-and-take discussions with community groups in more easily protected auditoriums. He urged more television debates and press conferences. Goldwater said simply: "I want my President to...
Goldwater favored stiffer punishments. Anyone found carrying even an unloaded gun near a President should be given a mandatory ten-year term on top of any other judicial sentence, he said. Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie objected to electronic screening and suggested that the best practical measure is to get the...
A few offerings have already come in from the Republican hierarchy. From Nelson Rockefeller: "The best part about being Vice President is presiding over the Senate. Where else could I have Barry Goldwater addressing me as 'Mr. President?' " A Barry Goldwater offering: "The other day I phoned the...