Word: governors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...luxury of an intellectual...That's what Frank Hatch is. He has never been a hero to the liberal, and all of a sudden, since he and King won the primaries, Hatch has become this purist." She adds one final note of warning to her statement. "If Hatch becomes governor, it will be like a finishing school experience for the next four years...
...cigar smoke. We are standing outside the main ballroom to the Park Plaza Hotel where the AFL-CIO convention has been in session for several days. Tommy O'Neill is leaving the room, shaking hands with people. "Hi, I'm Tommy O'Neill, and I'm running for lieutenant governor, I'd like to ask for your vote." He is patted on the back. "Good luck, Tommy...
...talking softly into the microphone. Nobody knows he's up there, or maybe they do, but the dull hum of conversation doesn't subside during Burke's impromptu endorsement speech for King. A real lock 'em up and shoot 'em speech--Burke tells the convention why King should be governor. "Imagine those people selling drugs to our kids in junior high school. We need a man who will deal with these people. Look at the murders--why just during the past week...What are we coming to? This is a society that must survive. Ed King is a man that...
Frank Hatch apparently decided early on in his campaign to go for a positive, "Why I'm qualified to be governor" campaign line, but let's not be too purist, Frank. It didn't work out that way. All three debates this fall boiled down to name-calling matches between Hatch and King, with the press spurring it on. Finally, Hatch admitted he would be damn scared to see King be governor of the state for four years, while King came back saying that Hatch is just a rich incompetent, totally unqualified to run a state government...
...state like a quiet grandaddy trying to bring his chillun up right. He doesn't have the kind of style that spells action, and if he loses this election all people will be able to say is that maybe he is "too nice a guy" to be governor. People like to compare Hatch to Francis W. Sargent, who had a crack at running the state just before Dukakis. The liberals dumped Sargent for Dukakis, who they thought would be a real can-do-kind of guy. Beware of the man who says he really can get things done, because...