Word: veep
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation, Ford's investiture meant more than simply having a Veep once again. In the light of Richard Nixon's traumatized presidency, Ford would become a distinctly thinkable successor. This in turn rendered the prospect of resignation or impeachment less frightening to many people...
...outlook will be at variance with the President's. By its nature, the relationship encourages a rather intense rivalry. No President is likely to feel altogether comfortable with the man a heartbeat away from the job he usually covets; and only if the President dies does the Veep fulfill his real function. As John Adams acknowledged when he became Vice President: "I am nothing, but I may be everything." Some Presidents are truly surprised when they discover that their Veep has built up a political following of his own. "Think of it-Charley Fairbanks!" exclaimed Theodore Roosevelt on learning...
...truth, Reston does not write puff pieces for the Veep. Rather, in most cases he seems inclined to give Agnew the benefit of the doubt. When asked if he could recall writing a single column strongly critical of Agnew, Reston said that he could not. He notes, however, that he and Agnew have "entirely a professional relationship. I've never had a meal with him. He's never been in my house, nor I in his." Press Secretary Thompson says that the Vice President admires Reston's "fairness" and adds: "They're friends...
...better headline for your story would have been: "A Veep Finally Accepts George McGovern...
During the campaign, Agnew will continue to address those $1,000-a-plate dinners where Republican fat cats come to devour the Veep's red meat. But Agnew has been instructed not to become any more of a campaign issue himself than he already is thanks to past rhetoric. "Give the Democrats hell," the President advised him, but judicious hell, and lay off everybody else, particularly the press. Agnew will not, of course, take the high road. That is still reserved for the President. Agnew will have to find something in between, perhaps what McGovern sarcastically calls "low-road...