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...teammate throws him up in the air) "and the agony of defeat" as an Olympic ski-jumper slides sideways off a 70 meter jump, taking a few saplings with him on the way to the infirmary. But this year's coverage of the Winter Olympics wins the all-time Hubert-Humphrey-"I-was-a-Jew-once-myself" Poor Taste Award, not just for morbidity, but also for sexism, chauvinism, and plain stupidity...
...Senator Hubert Humphrey, 64. Pinhead tumor of the urinary bladder in 1973 was treated with X rays, and follow-up examination in 1974 showed no signs of cancer. Since then, he "has remained in excellent health with no evidence of tumor...
...Well, then, Wallace is second choice in this area, right? Wrong. Gerald Ford is. A poll of 601 eligible voters, including Democrats, Republicans and Independents, conducted by Darden Research Corp., showed Reagan was favored by 20%, Ford by 18% and Wallace by 12%. No one else got more than Hubert Humphrey...
Better than a year ago, I said I thought the Democrats would nominate Hubert Humphrey, and it is becoming more and more obvious...
...Hubert and I have joked about it, and I think it would be a good contest. There would be a clean cleavage between the two of us ideologically. Hubert is a gentleman, and neither he nor I is going to get into any sordid political accusations. I know he wouldn't, and I certainly wouldn't intend to. So I think that kind of contest might be very wholesome to the country...