Word: patly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Through days that were by turn foggy, snowy, and brilliantly dressed in fall colors, the 16-car Pat and Dick Nixon 1960 Special poked through the countryside of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, the land that Nixon called "the gut states...
Time magazine has built up an unfortunate reputation for innuendo--which is reinforced in the cover story this week. While the editors pat the New York Times' veteran Arthur Krock atop the head for being "the only ranking political pundit who is not yet wearing his campaign button on his lapel," they use a supposed profile of Sen. Kennedy to slip in several political low blows...
...attitudes of party workers, becomes apparent inside the Republican and Democratic headquarters. Republican headquarters in Rutland is a long, rectangular store-front. Although there is ample room for about 15 workers, it is rare that more than five are present. On the door hangs a sign, prominently displayed, reading "Pat for First Lady." Inside, workers who discuss the campaign seem constantly on the defensive. No one has much to say about Gov. Stafford's foreign policies--in fact, one lady admitted that "his discussion of Communist China appeals only to the emotionally committed and the intellectually uninformed"--but Republican workers...
...quite managed to shake loose: "Tricky Dick." The Nixon that his friends know is not the stab-fingered persecutor with the five o'clock shadow that the cartoonists draw. To counter this impression, Nixon, who is essentially a reserved and private man, has made a "Dick and Pat" campaign that is quite unlike his unextroverted personal life. The Tricky Dick legend obscures Nixon's private scrupulousness, which leads him to turn over to charitable organizations every cent of the thousands of dollars he has earned for paid speaking engagements during his years as Vice President. The Tricky Dick...
...From left: Daughter Julie, 12, Mother Hannah Nixon, Pat, and Daughter Tricia...