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Feb 9, 2020 · A fake letter helped sink the 1972 candidacy of Maine Sen. Edmund S. Muskie — part of a dirty tricks effort waged by the Nixon re-election campaign.
On February 24, 1972, in New Hampshire, the site of the first presidential primary, the conservative and influential Manchester Union Leader printed a letter to the editor claiming Muskie had recently laughed at and condoned the derogatory term “Canucks,” referring to French-Canadians, an important New England voting bloc.
The letter's immediate effect was to compel the candidate to give a speech in front of the newspaper's offices, subsequently known as "the crying speech". The letter's indirect effect was to contribute to the implosion of Muskie's candidacy.
Jan 5, 2011 · Democratic presidential candidate Ed Muskie allegedly shedding tears in remarks outside Manchester Union-Leader newspaper in response to criticism of his wife, an incident which forced Muskie...
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During a morning snowstorm, with shoulders heaving and voice breaking, Muskie called Loeb a "gutless coward" for attacking his wife. Muskie denied that he cried at that press conference.
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. “It...
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Published by the arch-conservative Manchester Union Leader less than two weeks before the New Hampshire primary, the letter alleged that Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine), then the front-runner...
