Word: patly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During the debate, there was controlled laughter, most of it at Nixon's expense. "I know Mr. Khrushchev" drew ripples, but the greatest (and most non-partisan) outburst came when Nixon declared: "America is not standing still, but America can't stand pat...
...America is not standing still, but America cannot stand pat..." Richard M. Nixon...
Some of his lines are actually funny, so funny that they come across well on paper. "That's an interesting question," he has Nixon saying to a reporter on one of the television debates, "Pat and I were discussing that very question the other night--after we had put the kids to bed--after the oath of allegiance--it was a usual sort of evening--Pat was sewing a flag--I was reading the Constitution . . ." He has little patience with the President. "Kennedy and the Democrats aren't attacking Eisenhower this year," he says, "I guess that's been pretty...
...politically pivotal state of Michigan (20 electoral votes), a Detroit News poll of voters gave Kennedy the lead over Nixon by 52.7% to 46.4%. Among Roman Catholics, Democrat Kennedy drew 79.7% of the vote, and Democratic Senatorial Incumbent Pat McNamara got nearly as much, while Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate John Swainson (a Protestant) got 69.6%-in short, a difference of 10% between Democratic candidates of different religions...
Harridan & Son (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). Pat O'Brien in a new series about a New York lawyer...