Word: goldwaterism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last Monday's Washington Post carried a front-page story reporting that Senator Barry Goldwater, recently critical of Richard Nixon, had just praised him as "probably the best President we have had in this century." Next morning, the Post had a far more surprising item on the front page...
Astonishingly, the real Goldwater statement had been on network television for all to see. On NBC'S Meet the Press, Inquisitor Lawrence Spivak asked Goldwater how Nixon could govern effectively in view of his low standing in opinion polls. Replied Goldwater: "I remember when Harry Truman sank to about...
No Check. The second sentence did refer, albeit a bit ambiguously, to Nixon. Post Staff Writer Tim O'Brien, watching the telecast, apparently misheard Goldwater's reference to Truman. Fastening on the last mention of Nixon, O'Brien wrote his story.
Although a demon worker, Haig does not crack the same whip that Haldeman did, and he does not have Haldeman's intimacy with Nixon. The President has come to rely most heavily for advice upon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler, the man who lost his standing with newsmen by repeatedly...
Coase, 63, is no admirer of Orwellian Big Brothers. A British subject who has taught in the U.S. since 1951, he favors Barry Goldwater among politicians and has a low opinion of Government's ability to regulate anything properly. Ideally, he is against any public intervention in private enterprise...