In Rochester, Agnew trotted out that classic Nixonian rhetorical trope, the unsourced, invented rhetorical question: “Earlier today, I was asked if I would support a member of the radical-liberal clique who is running in New York as a Republican. I made clear that I will not support a radical liberal no matter what party he belongs to.” Goodell hit back by accusing Agnew of “sophisticated McCarthyism.” Agnew proved him a piker six days later by invoking the name of the former soldier who’d become a celebrity in the 1950s by turning himself surgically into a woman. Goodell was the “Christine
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