Word: mcgoverns
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...wave of hate from some of his opponents. An aide to Morris Udall vows never to support Carter; he would rather vote for Ford. "Carter's so damn slick," he says. "What monopoly does he have on goodness? To me, he's dangerous." Says Alan Baron, George McGovern's press secretary: "By saying that he would never tell a lie, Carter decided for himself that that's going to be his standard. Well, fine, let's hold...
...ones. But he seems mostly to be faulted for advancing himself at the expense of others. George Wallace complains that Carter promised to support him for President in 1972 and then reneged. (Carter replies that his own letter of refusal to Wallace rests in the Georgia archives.) George McGovern is resentful because Carter joined the forces trying to stop his nomination at the 1972 convention. Florida Governor Reubin Askew is unhappy with Carter for not backing him for the chairmanship of the Southern Governors' Conference...
...person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job or simple justice." Maddox cried foul and started sniping at Carter. He has never stopped. He even pursued Carter to New Hampshire last month to denounce him as "the McGovern of '76" and "the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
...concerned with ecology (many "Friends of the Earth" are in Cambridge and Newton) and the scarcity of natural resources, but not overly interested in policies appealing to the masses, like jobs and prices. In short, it is the "elite liberal" formula that in another guise--acid, amnesty, abortion--led McGovern down the road to disaster...
...Abraham J. Chayes, professor of Law who backed McGovern in 1972 and now endorses Carter said Carter's victory would give the former governor "a good deal of momentum towards the Massachusetts primary...