Word: humphreyism
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...bloodshed and bitterness," he wrote, "and many people here in England are conscious of our responsibility not only in but for this tragic situation." At week's end Catholic Political Leader John Hume reported that "a door has been opened" in his talks with Ulster Secretary of State Humphrey Atkins. Most observers devoutly hoped so. If some room for compromise was not found, Northern Ireland, and perhaps England as well, seemed set for a Christmas season during which the message of peace and goodwill would be increasingly hard to hear...
...could debate at length the relative merits of Humphrey and Nixon. Humphrey, once relieved of the burdens of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, might be able to lead us out of war...On the other hand, Nixon might be freer to disavow the Vietnam policies of the past...
Over the past year the American people, through their involvement in the political system of this country, have tested that system and challenged it to come forth with exceptional candidates and creative leadership. That system has answered with Humphrey, Nixon and Wallace...
...vote for one of the two as the lesser of two evils and mark it down as a grueling but unavoidable duty? One could vote for Humphrey--were the country still not reeling under the impact of a liberal Democratic administration, had Humphrey not allied himself in Chicago with the repressive chieftains of his party, had he not stood against the minority plank on Vietnam, and were he somehow able to throw off the oppressive wieght of his own rhetoric...
Voting is, of course, a political and not a moral act. But it is a myth that in this election one can have political impact only by voting for Humphrey. Nixon or Wallace and it is a myth that by refusing to support one of them, a voter is sacrificing political influence for the sake of a clear conscience...