The Bootblack Stand: Letters to Plunkitt from Arthur Bremer and Eleanor McGovern
The Bootblack Stand Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, is celebrating the publication of his new book, which is now available at avant-garde bookstores throughout...
...McGoo: There are two theories on this one...
...GWP Dear Mr...
...Keep the Faith, Eleanor McGovern, housewife Dear Mrs...
...At any rate I do not understand what George McGovern is really up to...
...I do not subscribe to this theory for we all know your husband is too gentle and candid for such political shenanigans...
...Once he had read it, he panicked and decided that there was nothing he would not say or do to get off that deathwagon...
...What is he up to...
...And what is your position on the lettuce boycott issue...
...Bremer: For my analysis of Dr...
...Dear Mr...
...Address all correspondence to The Bootblack Stand, c/o The Establishment, R.R...
...As one "old-timer" put it: "George has the vote of every nut outside of the loony bin...
...Plunkitt's book is about the importance of altruism in politics and it is titled What's In It For Me...
...Now Tom can go after those on the inside...
...According to the first your husband and his associates already knew about Senator Thomas Eagleton's psychiatric treatments and chose him because of it...
...Are the Democrats right in their position...
...As to my feeling about the lettuce issue so artfully raised at the Democratic Jamboree, I fear that when they outlaw lettuce only outlaws will have lettuce...
...George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, is celebrating the publication of his new book, which is now available at avant-garde bookstores throughout New Jersey...
...I always read about politics, politics and Pete Hamill's stuff...
...If you ask me, the rich and powerful had a hand in it...
...McGoo and Senator Eagleton see my reply to Mrs...
...GWP...
...Plunkitt: Would it be possible for you to inform me as to why Senator Eagleton released all that information about his health record after being chosen as vice presidential candidate in a free and open convention by my idealistic husband George...
...Although Dr...
...First he asks Senator Kennedy to be on the ticket with him and then he nixes Senator Eagleton because of rumors about the Senator's record of alcoholism and psychological disorders...
...Plunkitt expects to earn ten million dollars from sales of his new book, he has agreed to continue to advise public figures through this column...
...As I see it, Eagleton accepted the vice presidential nomination before reading the platform in an English translation...
...Plunkitt: These past few months I have had a lot of time to myself and have done a lot of reading, especially politics...
...Respectfully, Arthur Bremer Dear Mr...
...11, Box 360, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, Continental U.S.A...
...McGoo...
Vol. 6 • October 1972 • No. 1
