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...Humphrey or Richard M. Nixon because they considered both candidates to be neanderthals. Perhaps as a result, Nixon was elected by a margin of 1 per cent of the popular vote. The nation paid a heavy price for the liberals' refusal to vote for whom they considered the lesser of two evils. The same must not happen...
...Lesser of Two Evils...
...only candidate who favors Proposition 2 1/2, Leslie said that Bachrach had hoped to face McCann alone, because in the past three elections McCann has benefitted from a vote split between two challengers. But he said McCann is "the lesser of two evils," because he is a moderate and Bachrach is a "liberal who believes in more government services for everyone...
...vote for one of the two as the lesser of two evils and mark it down as a grueling but unavoidable duty? One could vote for Humphrey--were the country still not reeling under the impact of a liberal Democratic administration, had Humphrey not allied himself in Chicago with the repressive chieftains of his party, had he not stood against the minority plank on Vietnam, and were he somehow able to throw off the oppressive wieght of his own rhetoric...
...then does one vote? Often--as in 1964, when Johnson was a clear choice over Goldwater--the logic of the lesser of two evils has been persuasive. This year another course is indicated...