Word: humphreyism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Only three Presidents in this century have had the opportunity to campaign for their Vice President to succeed them. Dwight Eisenhower passed up the opportunity to exert himself on behalf of Richard Nixon, who lost in 1960. Lyndon Johnson was not asked to campaign for Hubert Humphrey, and he lost too. This time both the President and his Vice President feel they have something to gain by sticking together...
...loyal Catholic and a mother of six, Schlafly is an outspoken critic of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court decision which threw out all anti-abortion laws and mandated abortion-on-demand. But, unlike New Hampshire Senator Gordon Humphrey, she isn't bothered that some prominent pro-choice Republicans are being given high-profile speaking slots at the convention. "I'm very tolerant. It's okay with me if people who are for abortion support George Bush: it's not going to affect George Bush's positions [on abortion], however," Schlafly said...
...fact, the loudest opposition to Thornburgh may come from some of those furthest to the right. Sen. Gordon Humphrey (R-N.H.), a staunch supporter of the pro-life movement, raised a number of questions about Thornburgh's stance on the issue of abortion...
...most unhappy I ever saw Hubert Humphrey was when he was Vice President...
Richards' Republican counterpart is New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, a moderate who has already stirred up the kind of trouble usually reserved for Democratic conventions. New Hampshire Senator Gordon Humphrey has threatened a walkout during Kean's speech (Kean is against a constitutional ban on abortion) unless an antiabortion speaker is given equal time...