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9. Feb. 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...
- Edmund Muskie's New Hampshire 'Cry' – 1972 - The Washington Post
Angered by Manchester Union-Leader publisher William Loeb's...
- Edmund Muskie's New Hampshire 'Cry' – 1972 - The Washington Post
5. Jan. 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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Muskie gave the speech during a snowstorm which created the appearance of him crying. Though Muskie later attempted to claim that what had appeared to the press as tears were actually melted snowflakes, the press reported that Muskie broke down and cried, shattering the candidate's image as calm and reasoned.
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17. Jan. 2008 · Muskie denied that he cried at that press conference. Any water on Muskie's face was melted snow, aides would say, but the damage was done. National newspaper reporters wrote that he wept,...
Angered by Manchester Union-Leader publisher William Loeb's attacks on his wife and himself, Edmund S. Muskie – then a senator from Maine and the early favorite for the Democratic presidential...
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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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.
