Word: poorboy
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Humphrey continued to play his poorboy candidacy for all it was worth, attributed Kennedy's political success to "a rich father. Let's face it." But, he added bravely, "I'm not complaining. These are the facts of life." In Manhattan, Jack cracked back: "I got a wire from my father that said, 'Dear Jack, Don't buy one vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'll pay for a landslide.' " Then he swiped at one of the candidates who had decided to sidestep the primaries: "Senator [Stuart] Symington...
...grey worsted suit, TV-blue shirt and red tie, bounced into a news conference in a Senate Office Building committee room to Declare. In a bub bling mood, he made it plain that he was just about the last of the dyed-in-the-wool liberals, and a poorboy (see box) "spokesman" for the "plain people." Adroit Campaigner Humphrey based his pitch on the claim that Vice President Richard Nixon can be beaten only by a nominee who can "carry the fight, campaign vigorously, unafraid, defend the record of his party, [and who can] start out with the props whirling...
...them stretched a glittering panorama of jewels, dyed hair and suntans of a Hollywood movie colony so complete that even Eddie. Liz and Debbie were in the same room. Greek-born Spyros Skouras and Khrushchev got into a bumbling, emotional, unscheduled debate about how each had risen from their poorboy origins under their respective capitalist and Communist systems. Skouras scored the best line-"Your country is the greatest monopoly the world has ever known, colossal, colossal"-but Skouras' needling of Khrushchev brought audience cries of "Sit down," "Shut up" and "Let him alone...
...Plain, by Harry Golden. The twice-bestselling pickle-barrel philosopher (Only in America) may work too hard at being a Jewish Will Rogers, but he rambles on entertainingly about Southern foibles and the good old poorboy days...
...Jersey Kefauver waged one of his patented, tireless, poorboy campaigns, seeking the voters' help in his underdog battle against the state "machine." But Bob Meyner refused to get mad. Although he privately describes Kefauver in lurid terms, Meyner invited Estes to a personal meeting, chatted pleasantly for 40 minutes, said kind things ("He has a style of campaigning which I like to think is my style of campaigning"). Meyner blandly denied that his organization was trying to impose its will on the voters. Said he: "I am not one of those who think that leadership is synonymous with bossism...