"Lib" (1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970)

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"It's probably silly of me to say anything before Fred and Ben have
had  their turn..." The usual caveat.
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"Lib" was convenient for headlines, and those probably shouldn't  count.
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Vice President Agnew popularized "Lib" in 1970, but "Lib" had been in  use in
the 1960s.
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     _Stars And Stripes, The_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=thiGuD36VKiKID/6NLMW2lCrW231YH4udY2ADE/YUbQyQlxYEwrfTEIF+CsZYmrz)  _Friday,
October 02, 1970_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+date:1970-10-02)  _New York,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+cityid:20293+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1
960-1970)  _New York_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+stateid:67+AND+range:1960-1970)   6 THE STARS  AND STRIPES
Friday, October 2, 1970 Agnew Blasts Radic-LIBS,  Courts For a ' ... Wed-
nesday night blamed the courts AND  radical-LIBERALS for aiding AND abetting an
ever- ... new  calls "radic-LIBS." Agnew was then asked whether any Republicans
could be included in ...
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Pg. 6 headline:
_Agnew Blasts Radic-Libs, Courts_
_For a "Wave of Moral Pollution"_
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But Agnew said Moss "is so highly regarded by the radical-liberal cabal  that
Sen. (George S.) McGovern designated him to receive, along with Sen.
(Albert) Gore of Tennessee, the largest initial gifts from the radic-lib kitty
raised to save their seats."
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     _Chronicle Telegram, The_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=NuHyyu1GcYSKID/6NLMW2vVE6tm2wVMnnh4HoLvgOLUjbtL4V7NJxQ==)  _Thursday,
October 29, 1970_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+date:1970-10-29)  _Elyria,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+cityid:8941+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1960-1970
)  _Ohio_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+stateid:73+AND+range:1960-1970)   Obviously, this  is not what Agnew
means by his "radi-LIBS." The persons whom he  attacks do ... The fact is that
we have poor AND ineffective  government whether we elect "LIBERALS." as ...
hAND (which  all of us use too much) of calling our adversaries radicals AND
LIBERALS, or ...
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9 September 1957, Winnipeg Free Press, Pg. 21?, col. 3:
_Quit Job,_
_Young Libs_
_Suggest_
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3 February 1965, Lima News (Lima, Ohio), pg. 8, col. 1:
The News was among those who believed Mr. Goldwater weakened his own
position by seeming to back up from what the "libs" considered to be extreme  stands,
such as his earlier statement that social security should be  voluntary.
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20 December 1966, Daily Courier (Connellsville, PA), pg. 16, col. 5:
Indeed, provided local Republican leaders give them so much as a nod, the
Conservatives are prepared to make a little symbiosis together, even as the Libs
 and Dems have done, so effectively, over the years.
("On the Right" by William F. Buckley, Jr. --ed.)
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     _Winnipeg Free Press_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=wSCs6S0EhDCKID/6NLMW2vesAWwJ+u2pEVw3BSvCZJ1aZX0qF9d3eEIF+CsZYmrz)  _Wednesday,
November 15, 1967_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+date:1967-11-15)  _Winnipeg,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+cityid:33301+AND+stateid:47+AND+range:
1957-1969)  _Manitoba_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=libs+and+liberals+AND+stateid:47+AND+range:1957-1969)   Unlike the  "LIBS" as
the radicals call the LIBERALS meeting across the  street, they have ...
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20 March 1969, Oakland Tribune, pg. 31, col. 6:
But you just can't outright ask a man whether he is a liberal or a
conservative when he applied for a teaching job because libs, as everyone knows,  lie
and moderates are never sure.

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