Word: humphreyism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first Mailer was dismayed at McCarthy's failure to attack Humphrey in debate before the California delegation. Then he came to realize that the Senator was "proceeding on the logic of the saint, as if the first desire of the ONE devil might be to make you the instrument of your own will. God would judge the importance of the event, not man, and God would give the tongue to speak, if tongue was the organ to be manifested. Everything in McCarthy's manner, his quiet voice, his absolute refusal to etch his wit with any hint...
...After Humphrey's nomination appeared to be a certainty, Mailer ran into McCarthy in a restaurant, and still another hue of the Senator's personality came to light: a hard and bitter humor. Mailer tried to match his mood. "You should never have had to run for President," he said. "You'd have made a perfect chief for the FBI." Replied McCarthy: "Of course, you're absolutely right." "The reporter," says Mailer, "looked across the table into one of the hardest, cleanest expressions he had ever seen. The face that looked back belonged to a tough...
...order and the Viet Nam war, the economy has not become a major topic of campaign contention. Yet many-some would say most-of the problems that the new President will face are deeply entwined with economics. Without making big headlines, both Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey have placed themselves on record in considerable detail about the direction of the economy. Though both men are moderates in their attitudes toward business, their views diverge in many respects-and would lead to important differences in Washington's dealings with the business community...
Pocketbook Appeal. On the campaign trail, both candidates do their best to appeal to pocketbook interests. Humphrey, using a theme that has been generally successful for decades, maintains that U.S. citizens "have never had it so good." He always adds: "Don't let the Republicans take it away." To support his argument, Humphrey cites "91 months of sensational economic growth," a 4% yearly rise in take-home pay for a family of four, doubled business profits and the lowest unemployment in 15 years...
Elusive Goal. For the candidates and their teams of economic advisers, today's U.S. economy poses a complex challenge: how to combine prosperity with price stability. Many economists insist that an unwelcome degree of inflation is almost inevitable in times of minuscule unemployment. Humphrey says that he is "determined" to keep unemployment low and prices stable, partly through "timely fiscal action" and better labor productivity. Nixon also insists that the goal can be reached, but he places more reliance on getting there by shrinking the federal deficit...