Word: shrivers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...People convince themselves that a new norm of acceptability applies because of the general atmosphere of corruption," says Michael Josephson, founder of the Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics in Los Angeles. The emphasis on money as an absolute barometer of success was equally corrupting. Says Donald Shriver, head of the Union Theological Seminary: "The Protestant work heritage is being stood on its head because making money has become a good unto itself...
...last time this happened was in 1972 when Sargent Shriver ran on George McGovern's Democratic ticket against President Richard Nixon. Shriver had never held elected office before...
...before you prop up the Shriver case as a precedent to a Jackson nomination, there are some facts to consider. Shriver received the nod from McGovern only after his initial running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton, had been forced to withdraw his name. Reporters had discovered that Eagleton had received shock treatments for emotional disorders...
Also, although Shriver had never been elected to an office before, he had demonstrated his political and administrative experience as Kennedy's director of the Peace Corps, an aide to Johnson, and Ambassador to France...
Jackson supporters who hope to use the Shriver example might also consider the fate of the McGovern-Shriver ticket--it lost by the biggest landslide vote in presidential history...