Word: maddox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, the choice of the American Independent Party, have threatened to take court action to stop the debates, arguing that their exclusion is discriminatory...
When Eugene McCarthy joined forces with Lester Maddox last week in an attempt to gain inclusion in the crucial TV debates between President Ford and Jimmy Carter, his action was not entirely unexpected. McCarthy, 60, has, since his 1968 campaign, made the quixotic gesture his hallmark. Indeed, his challenge over the debates was an outgrowth of his most recent attempt to reach the White House-via an unlikely independent ticket...
Agreement broke down over the choice of a presidential slate. One faction was led by another former Governor of Georgia, fast-talking, flamboyant Lester Maddox, 60, who charged that George Wallace had "joined the pointy-headed bureaucrats." John R. Rarick, 52, a former Louisiana Congressman who is anti-black and antiSemitic, headed up another. An articulate former New York judge, Robert Morris, 61, now president of the University of Piano in Texas, was the choice of the intellectuals, including William Rusher, publisher of National Review. Richard Viguerie, 42, a direct-mail specialist and publisher of Conservative Digest, was picked...
...Maddox won on the first ballot-a victory that bitterly disappointed the intellectual faction. It also stirred talk among them to try to form yet another party, one divorced from Maddox and his segregationist image...
Such industry would probably not sit well were it not for Powell's strategic use of humor. When a former Georgia Governor called a press conference to denounce Carter, Powell countered, "Being called a liar by Lester Maddox is like being called ugly by a frog." When not home in Atlanta with his wife and nine-year-old daughter, Powell spends his free hours drinking (beer or bourbon) with reporters. Says Political Writer Richard Reeves: "Jody is genuinely good company. Carter...