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Conversely George McGovern's defeat is evidence enough that new ways have to be found to make the effects and implications of Nixon's policies clear to those who have heard only his platitudes. If any group is to make real inroads against Nixon's policies of American dominance in the world and dominance of the wealthy in America it will have to attract some of those voters who supported Nixon's re-election...
...George McGovern offers America a choice. Although his welfare and tax proposals stand in need of further study, McGovern's position for peace and for the preservation of civil liberties is unmistakable. That some have been disappointed with elements of his campaign only underscores how high hopes ride on the quality of leadership he is thought capable of providing. McGovern has shown his determination at least to begin reordering this country's distribution of resources, and he is running with a man so far ahead of the current Vice President in imagination and in compassion that...
...better pieces tells how the Republicans are so rich that they are turning away millionaire would-be donors at the White House door. One G.O.P. official suggests that the surplus be budgeted for bail bonds-presumably for Watergate wrongdoers-but another has the inspired idea of giving it to McGovern to "increase his visibility and, thus, decrease his vote." Concludes Baker: "As President Nixon's campaign has illustrated, the candidate who succeeds in disappearing entirely this year might very well win in a landslide...
Traveling in his comfortable jet, Michelle Ann III (named for his granddaughter), Agnew is campaigning at a rather stately pace, but nevertheless, he has hit 32 states and covered more than 35,000 miles. He sprinkles his stump speeches with light sallies. In Columbus, Ga., Agnew contended that "McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate." Firing at Ted Kennedy, Agnew replied in Idaho to Kennedy's criticism of the Administration's farm policy by terming him "that great son of the soil," and adding: "They learn a good deal about farming...
Agnew attacks McGovern by implying that the Democratic candidate favors the coddling of criminals, permissiveness toward drugs, loafing on welfare and the street antics of radicals. At other times, he haughtily dismisses Nixon's opponent. "McGovernism," he predicts, "will be nothing more than an obscure footnote in the pages of history." Still often patronizing and rigidly righteous, Agnew has changed more in style than in substance...