The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 06, 1972, Page Page 8, Image 8
Endorsements:
The Gamecock seriously considered not tak
ing a stand on the presidential election this
year. But after research and a little soul
searching, we have decided, for what it's worth,
to back the candidacy of George McGovern for
the presidency.
We do so with the full realization that what
we say will have little or no impact on the way
you will vote. All we ask is that you consider
a few points about President Nixon's perfor
mance for the past four years.
Richard Nixon has had less contact with
fewer people than any president in a long time.
He has isolated himself in the White House to
the extent that it is no longer "the people's
house," but his own private castle where he
reigns omnipotent and supreme. He is thus
unable to understand or even comprehend the
kind of life the majority of Americans live,
much less effectively represent them.
Nixon has surrounded himself with a rather
unscrupulous band of men who subvert the
democratic process for the sake of political
power. He has appointed men to the Sypreme
Court whom we believe are incapable of dea
ling with the ever-increasing problems this
country faces in an era of extremely rapid
growth. These men will probably undermine
further the Bill of Rights. Nixon is a threat
to individual liberty.
The Gutenburg Experiment
Peeping at tl
BY HARRY HOPE We followed McGovern arot
ton Head all day and he didr
TIME AND PLACE - About 2 a.m. mit one act of preversion."
in the first floor men's room of the "Well, a famous preve
Russell House. A motley crew of McGovern would keep his
suspicious looking characters are sions very well hidden.
assembled around a toilet stall searched his breif case, I
which has a peep-hole crudely find any whips or honey orv
bored about eye-level. One of the cream or spurs of leather
men is peering through another hole thing. Do you suppose Str
at waist level. Finally one of the men Floyd were - were wrong?"
asks "Are you sure he went in "STROM THURMOP
here?" NEVER WRONG!"
"Strom said he did," was the "Well, how do we know 1
answer. we are following is Si
"Well, we been looking through Shriver?"
these holes for hours and we haven't "Mr. MacGregor said to
seen hide nor - heh, heh - hair of a man who talks like he's
him." bad imitation of Hubert Hui
"Maybe we oughta giveup.- They should clarify that, ti
There was general agreement. remember when we spent
"Strom will give us hell." following David Frye aro
"I don't care. It's the Committee Vegas."
we have to answer to." "How do we know th
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The prospects of peace in Viet Nam, fairly
bright a few short days ago, are flickering once
again. Final settlement of the war may not
come for momths, or even possibly, in four
more years. More than 20,000 American troops
have died since Nixon took office, and we view
his present vascillation as election politics,
backed by little or no sincerity. He could have
ended the war completely, or made strong
inroads to peace, before now.
Thus, our endorsement of George McGoverr
is not so pro-McGovern as it is anti-Nixoi.
McGovern has made mistakes which have dam
aged his credibility. His administrative
capabilities are untested, and his economic
proposals may be rather shaky.
However, his priorities seem to be more in
line with democracy and humanness. The
direction the country would move under a
McGovern administration would be more
sound. From Nixon we can probably expect
more deception and frustration. McGovern is
an unknown quantity, but we would like him
to have a chance to show what he can do.
Perhaps he will rise to the occasion.
On the local level we find Nick Zeigler fight
ing the crusty old "there may be snow on the
roof but there's still a fire in the furnace" Strom
Thurmond. Thurmond keeps getting elected
because he represents his constituency, a sad
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)rever- John Connally." "Hell
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ouldn't group. "Oh, ye
hipped "Yep. Seems Mr. Mitchell still has ing arol
Drany- his doubts. He thinks Connally is Hoover
m and trying to usurp his rightful place in bed lif(
the sun of our President." for Lyr
D I S Boy, sure wish we could follow brothe,
Kissinger. 1 could dig seeing Jill St. in Alas
he man - John again." Boggs.
r g ent "You know, I like this work. You Ther
meet so many interesting people. The
ook for I'm sure glad I got this job." all hav
ioing a "How did you get the job?" better
iphrey. I was in prison for forgery, fraud, one's c
ough I murder, rape, embezzlement, grand anti-A
a week larceny and heroin trafficking, and workii
nd Las Mr. Mitchell got me out and gave and ag
me my first assignment - listening All a
s isn't in on his wife." "An<
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~ring on faces, hands, arms, babies and other Thi
l Water- things.
man out Now, Nixon and Henry the K are durm
t exem- dangling peace like a carrot in front hold
i to lock of America's nose. But, while peace Chan
was "at hand" a week ago, for all
ent they practical purposes it is as far away shoul
at least as it was four years ago until the 29201
an filter agreement is signed. recel
aised or And the big question is of course
failures. why did it take four years? It was denti
ixon has Eisenhower's war and Kennedy's and
t totally war and Johnson's war, but it wasn't 777..s
supposed to be Nixon's war.
Gregor, Remember the secret peace plan? posti
e swept Not Nixon's war? 20,000 Ameri- All
eir slice- cans have died in Vietnam since sity 4
tably in 1968. There were more Nixon ,Fh
y neatly bombs than Johnson bombs---in h
that the fact, more bombs were dropped in the u
punished the first nine months of 1972 than
the entire 12 months of 1971. EI
ly close- In 1968, there were to be no wage- Ei
situation price controls. Today we have them. Man
~t fund" But, maybe we shouldn't be so Assi
anization concerned about all this. May be the
Congress and the intellectuals are New
U n ite d wrong. Maybe presidents should be SPo.
ace" for kings with indestructable armor. Asst
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gler, Sandifer
commentary on South Carolina and Thurmond.
Again, voters are faced with an incumbent
ogre and an unknown challenger. And despite
recent deceptive appearances that Thurmond
is trying to jog with the times instead of merely
jumping rope, he comes nowhere near embrac
ing the ideals and values of concerned college
students in 1972. Thurmond, like Nixon, will
probably be re-elected, but register your pro
test anyway and vote for Ziegler.
In Richland County, the Democrats once
again present a better team than the Republi
cans. Although the temptation to say "Vote
Republican, start a two-party system" is fairly
strong, the Republican candidates simply are
not as well qualified as the Democrats. Re
electing the Richland County Democratic
delegation to the state house and senate will
not be a mistake.
There is one exception. The Republicans are
running Robert Sandifer for Richland County
Sheriff against incumbent Frank Powell. We
endorse Sandifer.
So there. Get your voter registration card
and a collapsible camp stool and go wait in line
and vote tomorrow. Then get a cold case of
beer and sit back and watch the returns and
be glad we don't have major elections but every
four years.
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n Foard before I went on to of his administration. He gave it to
hings in Chile after Allende us at the private briefing."
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phone.
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and Washington for J. Edgar "Claude, you never did tell us how
and assemble reports on the you got into this business.'
of important congressmen
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way than in the service of I am in the Republican spying busi
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merican, anti-God forces than that, gentlemen, is the fact that
ig against this great nation I live in constant fear and dread as
ainst our President." a Southern, conservative Baptist."
greed. "What a great man."
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