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...legislature. Congress, he said, had not been "responsible on money." What really aroused his ire, though, was a question on whether recent calls for a healing of the nation's wounds might lead to an amnesty for draft resisters. Nixon glowered, gripped both sides of the lectern and hunched low over the microphone. "Well," he said, "it takes two to heal wounds, and I must say that when I see the most vigorous criticism or, shall we say, the least pleasure out of the peace agreement comes from those who were the most outspoken advocates of peace...
When the question period ended, the New Crusader dutifully stood by the lectern and shook hands with his devoted followers. The Teamsters, dressed in dark suits, white shirts, and dark overcoats, filed by and pumped his hand. "Great speech Jimmy. Atta boy, Jimmy. Good to see you, Jimmy." After the greetings and the handshakes were over, the New Crusader, his wife and a few friends drove to the Law School for a reception...
...with his 373 delegates. It has been for him a grim and courageous convalescence. After appearing at a Mass in Maryland and reading the 23rd Psalm, Wallace flew in an Air Force jet supplied by Richard Nixon to Montgomery, Ala., where, seated in his wheelchair behind a low, bulletproof lectern, he delivered an airport speech, a wan version of his old campaign rousers. Then he flew on to Miami. All the while, a stop-McGovern coalition led by Arkansas' Wilbur Mills continued its last-minute efforts. A small Washington group of strategists bent on heading off the South Dakotan...
That scrutiny has been enhanced by television. The political leader is always on view, with few chances for escape. Thus George Wallace makes a speech behind a bulletproof lectern-and then darts out to shake hands with a crowd that includes his would-be assassin, who seeks the same limelight. John Wilkes Booth, a professional actor, plotted to murder Abraham Lincoln in a theater where he would have a captive audience. Contemporary assassins are supplied with a much larger stage by television. They know that their deed, or its immediate aftermath, will be witnessed by millions of horror-struck citizens...
...worn leather, short, dark-complexioned with an eight o'clock shadow, thinning but bushy black hair, with some wrinkles on his forehead after 43 years of facing the desperate moments head on, eyes sad, calm, laughing-he sidles up to the front and leans like a cowboy against the lectern. He crosses his feet...