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...Segretti was really only meant to be a G.O.P. Tuck, he surely got out of hand. He is currently awaiting trial on charges of distributing a false letter on Edmund Muskie's stationery accusing Henry Jackson and Hubert Humphrey of sexual misconduct. However dubious some of his antics, Tuck was usually aboveboard. "I was not surreptitious," Tuck insists. "I didn't hide what I did. I never tried to be malicious. It's the difference between altering fortune cookies to make a candidate look funny and altering State Department cables to make it look...
...presidential campaign, in which Nixon's projected margin over Hubert Humphrey steadily narrowed as Election Day approached...
...from alienating his audiences with Watergate gags, says Frye, "the only danger I've had is not going far enough. If I hold back, the audience is disappointed." Frye has already recorded an album of Watergate humor, in which he mimics the voices of Nixon, George McGovern, Hubert Humphrey, Billy Graham and others. In one sequence, Frye's Nixon visits the Godfather for help. "You want justice?" asks the Godfather. "Not necessarily," replies Nixon...
...with the crucial California primary fast approaching, the beleaguered presidential campaign of Hubert Humphrey was badly pressed for funds. Humphrey knew that if anyone could help him in a hurry, it would be John L. Loeb Sr., his old friend and staunch backer (though he is a nominal Republican), senior partner of Loeb, Rhoades & Co., one of Wall Street's most prestigious brokerage houses. Within a matter of days, the resourceful investment banker had come through handsomely. At Loeb's request, seven of his firm's employees each wrote two checks in the amount...
McGovern's proposal lay dormant throughout the early primaries. By late Spring 1972, it was ready to emerge from hibernation. McGovern was the Democratic front-runner and stood alone on the left of the party. His stand on the issues had become a potential liability, and Hubert Humphrey, his one remaining major opponent, sought to exploit it. In Nebraska, McGovern was labelled the candidate for amnesty, abortion and acid. In California, Humphrey attacked McGovern on defense cutbacks and welfare reform...