Fear and LoathingOn the Campaign Trail 72
Fear and Loathing On the Campaign Trail ‘72 Background: The Republicans renominated Nixon, and the Democrats, still split over the war in Vietnam, chose liberal Senator George McGovern of South Dakota for president and Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri for vice president. ... 0% Terror and Abhorrence Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail of ’72 is the narrative of the 1972 presidential election between republican incumbent Richard Nixon and democrat George McGovern. ... “Covering a presidential campaign is not a hell of a lot different from getting a long term assignment to cover a newly elected District Attorney who made a campaign promise to “crack down on Organized Crime. ... This is one of the traditional barriers I tried to ignore when I moved to Washington and began covering the ’72 presidential campaign.