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Spiro Theodore Agnew was the thirty-ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth governor of Maryland. He is most famous for his resignation in 1973 after he was charged with the crime of federal income tax evasion. The move ended a quick rise in politics starting with his election as Baltimore County executive in 1962. His resignation triggered the first use of the 25th Amendment, as the vacancy prompted the appointment and confirmation of Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader, as his successor. Agnew was born Spiros Anagnostopoulos November 9, 1918, in the Towson area of Baltimore County. Raised as a Democrat, Agnew later switche...
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the thirty-ninth vice president of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth governor of Maryland. He is most famous for his resignation in 1973 after he was charged with the crime of federal income tax evasion. The move ended a quick rise in politics starting with his election as Baltimore County executive in 1962. His resignation triggered the first use of the 25th Amendment, as the vacancy prompted the appointment and confirmation of Gerald Ford, the House Minority Leader, as his successor. Agnew was born Spiros Anagnostopoulos November 9, 1918, in the Towson area of Baltimore County. Raised as a Democrat, Agnew later switched parties and became a Republican. His most famous lines came in a 1970 speech, when he attacked the media as "nattering nabobs of negativism" and "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history." In his later years, Agnew was an international trade executive and had homes in Maryland and California. Agnew died Sept. 17, 1996, at the age of 77.
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Limited edition iced Berger Cookies: Lemon, strawberry and rum
The Baltimore SunFor a limited time only, Baltimore-based Berger Cookies is bringing back three iced cookies that they stopped making when Spiro Agnew was vice president. The throwback icings are strawberry, lemon and rum. They're available for order on the Berger Cookie... -
Poised Wolf Blitzer stands up to, backs down Gingrich in CNN debate
The Baltimore SunYessssssss. God is in his heaven, and for a couple of minutes Thursday night during CNN's GOP debate, the relationship between the press and grandstanding TV politicians was finally back in balance. When moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Newt Gingrich if...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Elections, Television, Executive Branch, CNN (tv network)
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Courting public sentiment at the GOP debates
As the fight for the Republican presidential nomination now moves on to the Jan. 31 Florida primary, the 2012 phenomenon of the televised debate has elevated to a political art form playing to voters' prejudices and hates.
Nothing has been more...Tags: Parties and Movements, The Washington Post, Elections, CNN (tv network), Mitt Romney
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Romney's electable, but is he likeable?
While Mitt Romney continues to depend on the notion that he is the Republican best equipped to beat President Barack Obama in November, another question of perception hovers over him. Do voters like the guy?
It's a question that clings to him as he...Tags: Elections, Rick Perry, White House, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
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'Fast and Furious' shows Team Obama's contempt for real reporters and press
The Baltimore SunI won't retrace the whole issue here, but CBS News is long overdue for some praise at this blog for investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson excellent work on the Department of Justice's "Operation Fast and Furious." The blowback from the White House...Tags: Brian Williams, Television Industry, NBC (tv network), Jay Carney, Eric Holder
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Keith Olbermann continues strong protest coverage with look at Occupy Baltimore
The Baltimore SunI have had my disagreements with Keith Olbermann the last few years, but I have been watching in admiration lately as night after night he's covered the Occupy protest movement like no one else in the media. I am surprised that he has not received more...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Occupy Wall Street, CNN (tv network), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Television
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Obama on Leno: As nation's pain deepens, president plays TV talk-show quipster
The Baltimore SunAlmost midnight in America ... As citizens camp out on the streets of American cities to try and express their anger and frustration at the way the country and his administration have failed them, President Obama goes on TV to trade scripted quips with...Tags: Television Industry, Talk Show (genre), Elections, NBC (tv network), Basketball
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Roy Neeper Designated as a 'Living Treasure' by the Harford County Council
Roy Neeper was honored at the Sept. 6 Harford County Council meeting for his selection by the Cultural Arts Commission as the latest Harford County Living Treasure. As a youth he picked tomatoes for Street Cannery, shoveled coal for McComas Brothers, and...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Elkton, People's Bank
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White House emails show Obama White House attacking, excluding Fox News
The Baltimore SunI honestly don't know if I have the emotional energy for this post today. I fought this battle in 2009 when the White House went to war with Fox, and I have the scars to prove it. I am so tired of standing up for journalistic principles in the middle...Tags: FBI, Censorship, Elections, Fox News Channel (tv network), White House
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Jack Johnson's sad, familiar story
The guilty plea by former Prince George's County executive Jack Johnson revives an all-too-familiar story in Maryland: the corrupt county executive shaking developers down for kickbacks. In a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Mr. Johnson on Tuesday...Tags: FBI, Bribery, Punishment, Jack Johnson, Corporate Crime
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The lessons of Schaefer
Among the many observations made about William Donald Schaefer since his death on Monday, one of the most common has been the lament that we don't have leaders like him anymore. It's certainly true; with all due respect to our current crop of elected...Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Local Elections, Barbara A. Mikulski, Marvin Mandel
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The crimes, forgivable. But that pension?
Sheila Dixon made history - the first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, and apparently the nation's first female big-city mayor to resign over criminal charges. Her trial took place in the courthouse where, in 1973, a vice president of the United States...Tags: Bribery, Values, Local Elections, Pension and Welfare, Retirement
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