Word: nontotalitarian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fairer critics concede that Humphrey's position on Viet Nam is consistent with the Vice President's longstanding views on Communism and international security. Many liberals remain good friends. Former Senator Paul Douglas insists that Humphrey has suffered "no corruption of his spirit. He is still the essentially progressive nontotalitarian liberal." Douglas also argues that Humphrey has been instrumental in liberalizing Lyndon. "It has not been a one-sided affair," he says. Even Dr. Benjamin Spock, a leading antiwar activist, pronounces Humphrey the best of the three candidates, except on Viet Nam, and says that he mistrusts Kennedy's "ambition...