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Re: New quotes for Thu Oct 14
sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sethf@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Oct 14 16:20:04 1993
> rlcarr (Richard L. Carreiro):
> Excerpt from one of Teddy "Fat Boy" Kennedy's presidential campaign
> speeches (from 1976, I believe):
> "[I vow to] impose...mandatory controls, as long as necessary, across the
> board -- not only on prices and wages, but also profits, dividends, interest
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> rates, and rent."
Of course, you have cleverly omitted the context. From the
underlined, it seems clear he was referring to NIXON's (remember him?
conservative, Republican, crook) anti-inflation wage and price controls.
He was saying "Me too. I'll do what the Republicans did here, only more of it".
But it sounds so much more damning without this background ...
This sort of stuff is what makes me very skeptical of a lot
attacks on Kennedy.
[Followups to napalm?]
