Word: goldwaterism
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As the Baker bomb was exploding, anti-Haynsworth mail began flooding Republican offices. Obviously much of it was sponsored by the A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. But what shocked Republicans was the heavy load of obviously non-organizational mail from constituents concerned about...
Testifying before a House Post Office subcommittee in Washington, the silver-maned Senator urged a crackdown on the "smut peddlers" who send pornography through the mails to children. Despite "wishy-washy" court definitions of obscenity, said Barry Goldwater, "As a father and a grandfather, I know, by golly, what is...
It was during Barry Goldwater's heyday in 1964 that Pollster Mervin Field asked California voters to see themselves as the politicians saw them. The result was a fairly even division. Of those polled, 32% regarded themselves as conservatives, 30% as middle-of-the-roaders and 28% as liberals...
While at the Western White House, Cox surfed with Tricia and went to a baseball game with Tricia, her younger sister Julie, and Julie's husband, David Eisenhower. When a picture of the four appeared in newspapers, Eastern columnists reported that Cox was Tricia's"favorite date," ahead of contenders...
"This is not Lyndon Johnson's school. It's a school named for Lyndon Johnson. No one is going to be whispering in my ear and telling me how to run it." So said former Postmaster General and Ambassador to Poland John Gronouski, eager to declare his independence...