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...
...At any rate I do not understand what George McGovern is really up to...
...Are the Democrats right in their position...
...As I see it, Eagleton accepted the vice presidential nomination before reading the platform in an English translation...
...As one "old-timer" put it: "George has the vote of every nut outside of the loony bin...
...I always read about politics, politics and Pete Hamill's stuff...
...McGoo...
...Keep the Faith, Eleanor McGovern, housewife Dear Mrs...
...Now Tom can go after those on the inside...
...Respectfully, Arthur Bremer Dear Mr...
...Plunkitt's book is about the importance of altruism in politics and it is titled What's In It For Me...
...And what is your position on the lettuce boycott issue...
...What is he up to...
...McGoo and Senator Eagleton see my reply to Mrs...
...GWP Dear Mr...
...Bremer: For my analysis of 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 New Jersey...
...If you ask me, the rich and powerful had a hand in it...
...Although Dr...
...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...
...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...
...Dear Mr...
...11, Box 360, Bloomington, Indiana 47401, Continental U.S.A...
...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...
...McGoo: There are two theories on this one...
...Address all correspondence to The Bootblack Stand, c/o The Establishment, R.R...
...Plunkitt: These past few months I have had a lot of time to myself and have done a lot of reading, especially politics...
...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...
...According to the first your husband and his associates already knew about Senator Thomas Eagleton's psychiatric treatments and chose him because of it...
...GWP...
...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...
Vol. 6 • October 1972 • No. 1
