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Feb 9, 2020 · The Democrat who cried (maybe) in New Hampshire and lost the presidential nomination. The “Canuck letter” was part of the dirty-tricks campaign waged by Nixon’s Committee to Re-Elect the ...
Jan 5, 2011 · Democratic presidential candidate Ed Muskie allegedly shedding tears in remarks outside Manchester Union-Leader newspaper in response to criticism of his wif...
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The tears, Muskie claimed, were actually snow melting on his face. Jim Naughton of The New York Times, standing immediately at Muskie's feet, could not confirm that Muskie cried. Denunciation. Whether true or false, fear of Muskie's alleged unstable emotional condition led some New Hampshire Democrats to defect to George McGovern. Muskie's ...
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By Elisabeth Goodridge. |. Jan. 17, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. Reporters saw tears. Campaign aides said it was melted snow. While they disagreed over what exactly happened that February day in 1972, all...
In fact, most thought the candidate’s performance demonstrated his compassion, that “he’s got an emotion that connects with people on an individual basis,” as campaign manager and longtime adviser Berl Bernhard later put it. But on March 7, Muskie’s showing in the primary fell far short of expectations.
3. 171 views 10 months ago. News reports captured Mr. Muskie standing outside the Manchester Union Leader in a snowstorm during the 1972 New Hampshire primary and momentarily losing his composure...
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Feb 6, 2022 · The enduring image from Muskie’s failed campaign would be the proud Mainer standing on the bed of that semi, crying in the snow. That it didn’t happen quite that way doesn’t seem to matter....
