Sort of looks like a Latin salsa musician, doesn't he?
Okay, just to make it up to him, here's how I looked in the previous year.
This was taken in Miami Beach at the 1968 Republican National Convention. I don't remember who the guy on the left was but he has a look on his face as if he's thinking "Oh, god, here I am covering an important political convention and I have my picture taken with this bozo in a Nehru jacket!"
Well, Tom and I covered a lot of politics in our days in broadcasting. But this year's Republican primaries so far make me just a bit envious of the Chuck Todd's and the Jake Tapper's of today's news circus. Seems to me like they're having way too much fun. But then I remember the hours spent every day, the lack of sleep, the occasional hangovers, the lousy food, and I'm glad all I have to do is read about it in the newspapers and watch it on t.v.
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I bet you guys have some incredible stories you could share so come on. The statute of limitations has probably expired on most of your crimes by now.
I agree with Stephen - dish!
LATIN SALSA MUSICIAN? I thought that was Mod!
Burn those old pictures will you? My kids still sort of respect me.
That must have been 1969 and shortly after I was hired.
Remember how our boss "suggested" I get my near shoulder length hair cut? I guess I showed him huh?
It did grow back as I recall.
Yes, we had some fun. Sometime Bruce you should write about the night we "crashed" the Jimmy Carter
caucus, this after spending time with Mo Udall,
and a few other hospitality rooms, and before
you spent your time walking and talking with Hubert
Humphrey. As I recall we ended that night sitting
on the floor outside George Wallace's hotel room
sharing a bottle with his aid d'camp.
Ah, the old days!
On second thought maybe you shouldn't.
Oh, you can all bet (some of) those stories will come out in time. I was looking at an old video of a goodbye party at one of my former employer's and realized most of the people are dead.
I'm not sure I could be in close proximity with a politician for that long without trying to choke the livin' S__T out of him. (Wonder what that would do for the ratings?) :)
S
Proximity does not always breed contempt, Scott. It depends on whether he's buyin' or not.
a couple of dapper lads.
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