@georgeob1,
georgeob1 wrote:
glitterbag wrote:
farmerman wrote:
Quote: Was Spiro Agnew some sort of a hero of yours?
deductive reasoning was probably something that you were never accused of employing neh?
He was considered a criminal by the people of Maryland.
As was Nancy Pelosi's father - former mayor D'Alessandro of Baltimore.
Thomas D'Alessandro began his political career in 1926 and served in the Maryland House of Delegates until 1933. He was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1935 thru 1938. He also represented the State of Maryland in the House of Representatives from 1939 until 1947 when he became the Mayor of Baltimore and served three terms ending 1959. The people of Maryland loved D'Alessandro and his wife. Their home in Baltimore was where people went for help and to resolve problems. I wasn't born until near the end of his political life so most of what I know would come from the Sunpaper (formerly known as the Evening Sun) which still runs nostalgia articles about the Mayor and his daughter Nancy Pelosi and his son, former Mayor of Baltimore Tommy D'Alessandro. I do remember his son appearing at various events when I was very young. I thought he had beautiful hair and was shorter than I expected.
So, I repeat: The people of Maryland viewed Agnew as a criminal. He had a mean streak and an affected imperial manner greatly aggravating the people of Baltimore who were mostly 1st and 2nd generation people from Greece, Poland, Italy, Germany, practically every european country and many who left Russia to avoid the pogroms. They came here for the factory and port jobs and they brought skilled labor and exquisite restaurants and wonderful wedding celebrations.
Who they loved, was Mayor D'Alessandro Jr. and Mayor D'Alessandro III and of course William Donald Schafer former City Council, former Mayor, Former Governor and former Comptroller. Outsiders maybe didn't like any of them, but they were the genuine article, born and bred, local boys who knew how to eat steamed crabs , vacationed Ocean City and worked hard for the people of Maryland.