Word: humphreyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...concept of the nature of personal commitment to the party--in other words, the right to speak on issues, and the right to with hold endorsement or funds--when that would be greater in achieving goats. This is a direct reaction to the "heavy-handed" Johnson and Humphrey supporters who have continuously claimed that being a Democrat involves a ban on attacks on the Administration or the war in Vietnam...
...that he is a very strong influence on their opinions. That makes him a powerful man, and he knows it. On election night in NBC's election central control booth, he bragged jokingly that he could get Nixon to concede just by having Chet or David announce that Humphrey had carried California and was now NBC's projected winner...
...Humphrey, the brave and honest fighter who, almost singlehanded, made it from the worst-ever underdog to one-quarter percent from the presidency...
...Representatives, former Congressman Pat Jennings, a Democrat, has taken the unprecedented and even-by sedate congressional standards -slightly ungentlemanly step of turning over to the FBI a list of organizations that had been delinquent in filing their accounts. The offenders include the Cincinnati-based National Coordinating Committee for Humphrey and no fewer than 20 Republican committees organized to elect the Nixon-Agnew ticket. The G.O.P. contributions came to $14.6 million of the candidates' total $20 million-plus campaign expenditure. "It was something," says Jennings apologetically, "that I just couldn...
...Vice President Hubert Humphrey's favorite forms of relaxation is taking to the fields for a brisk go at game-bird hunting. Last week, for a day, he was able to indulge in his hunting hobby on a private preserve, and by noon he and his party had knocked down 75 birds for the bag. When asked by a reporter about his future plans, Humphrey smiled cryptically and said he expected to have "something to announce by Christmas. A semipublic position." That mystery introduced, the Veep potted a few more pheasant, then winged off to his Minnesota home...