Posted by sigismund on January 23, 2012, at 16:16:29
In reply to Re: Sigh, posted by sigismund on January 23, 2012, at 14:39:09
Maybe my mother was thinking of this?
Rockefeller, favored by moderate and liberal Republicans, was considered the front-runner for the 1964 campaign against conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who led the right wing of the Republican Party. In 1963, a year after Rockefeller's divorce from his first wife, he married Margaretta "Happy" Murphy, a divorcee with four children.[49] This turned many in the party off, especially women.[49] The divorce hurt Rockefeller's standing among voters and was widely condemned by politicians, including US Senator Prescott Bush (R-Connecticut), father of President George H.W. Bush and grandfather of President George W. Bush who spoke out condemning Rockefeller for his infidelity,divorce, and remarriage.[
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