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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.
While they disagreed over what exactly happened that February day in 1972, all now agree that Edmund S. Muskie's emotional outburst that snowy morning helped to ruin his presidential...
Feb 9, 2020 · 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 for...
Feb 6, 2022 · From the back of a flatbed truck on a snowy February morning in New Hampshire in 1972, Severin Beliveau witnessed a scene that shattered the presidential ambitions of Maine’s Edmund Muskie.
Mar 18, 2015 · This week’s episode recalls one of the infamous “dirty tricks” perpetrated by Richard Nixon’s staff during his bid for re-election in 1972. The Republican incumbent attempted to undermine the...
Mar 29, 1996 · WASHINGTON — For all of Sen. Edmund Muskie’s considerable accomplishments, his death brought renewed reminiscences of his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1972 and the single incident to which...
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Feb 1, 1987 · Saturday night, CBS News had an arresting clip of the event, which Roger Mudd introduced by saying that Muskie, after denouncing Loeb, “suddenly became emotional and found it dif- ficult to...
