Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although Kennedy's record has received much attention, Kenneth Keating's has not. Keating, an amiable man and capable politician has never stood in New York's tradition of distinguished Senators like Senator Wagner and Herbert Lehman. He has not even gained eminence as a spokesman for liberal Republicanism as have Senators Javits, Kuchel, and Case. On only one issue--the Cuban missile crisis--has Keating come to the forefront; and then at the expense of responsibility...
Nixon attacked Johnson as a politician "who has changed his position through his entire career." He said that Johnson had visited Bobby Baker's South Carolina home town in 1960. "Lyndon said, 'Bobby is my strong right arm. I see him first thing in the morning and last thing at night.' But in 1964 Lyndon said: 'Bobby is no protege of mine.' I ask you, is Lyndon Johnson a man of principle...
...almost anyone's standard, MacGregor is an attractive politician. A 6-ft. 3-in. former Dartmouth athlete who won World War II field promotions from Army private to second lieutenant for his intelligence work behind Japanese lines, Attorney MacGregor knocked off six-term Democrat Roy Wier in 1960. He breezed to re-election in his suburban Minneapolis district in 1962. Spotted as one of his party's brightest young men, MacGregor was given a coveted spot on the Judiciary Committee, played a key role in shaping the 1964 Civil Rights Bill...
...firm power base. He has no personal following, very little money. The middle-class candidate of a fragile coalition, he was primarily sponsored by outgoing President Roberto Chiari, who was widely criticized for his mishandling of the January riots. Robles, for all his disadvantages, is known as an energetic politician, with a good record as Chiari's Minister of Government and Justice since 1960. When it comes to reforms, he seems to mean what he says...
Describing the choice in the presidential election as one between "a highly skilled professional politician and a zealot," Day spent most of his time attacking Barry Goldwater as "unrealistic and insensitive to human needs...