Word: presidentitis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SO CONFIDENT WERE THEY THAT THE AMERICAN NEGOTIATORS WOULD BE UNDERMINED AND BETRAYED AT HOME THAT COLONEL HA VAN LAU, THE HANOI DEPUTY NEGOTIATOR, AND MME. NGUYEN THI BINH, WHO DESCRIBES HERSELF AS THE VIET CONG'S "FOREIGN MINISTER," FLATLY IGNORED AMBASSADOR LODGE'S LATEST APPEAL FOR FREE ELECTIONS IN...
Goodell told the gathering, "We are not here to break a President or even a Vice-President. We are here to break a war and to begin a peace."
Placards and banners dominated the march. Signs were rife with references to Spiro Agnew and the Silent Majority: "Effetism in Defense of Liberty is No Vice." "Tyranny Has Always Depended On a Silent Majority." "Keep Spiro Agnew in the Silent Majority." and "What Plan, Mr. President?" Several people carried large...
Talking about influencing the President was another story entirely. This also was part of the hot potato syndrome which seemed to affect Congress on the Vietnam issue. Nixon was someone who had to carry the hot potato, the Congressmen knew that and they appreciated the existence of someone who could...
One legislative aide sat me down and told me how his Congressman had supported the October Moratorium. He then told me that thirty days was not enough time for the President to change his views, and thus he could not support this November action. When I explained to him that...