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Vice Peanut Walter Mondale has announced that he will no longer use the word “liberal” to describe himself or his policies. Next thing you know, he’ll start choking on the name Carter.

“Washington, May 10 (UPI)—Committees financed by big business, labor, professionals, and conservatives outspent political parties by almost 3 to 1 in the 1978 congressional elections, the Federal Election Commission says. . . . The [FEC] report showed the growing influence of conservative and business political action committees on the election process, while big labor’s spending declined.” Want to guess who got most of the money? See the last line of the story: Democrats racked up 56.2 per cent, Republicans 43.8 percent.

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Vice Peanut Walter Mondale has announced that he will no longer use the word “liberal” to describe himself or his policies. Next thing you know, he’ll start choking on the name Carter.

“Washington, May 10 (UPI)—Committees financed by big business, labor, professionals, and conservatives outspent political parties by almost 3 to 1 in the 1978 congressional elections, the Federal Election Commission says. . . . The [FEC] report showed the growing influence of conservative and business political action committees on the election process, while big labor’s spending declined.” Want to guess who got most of the money? See the last line of the story: Democrats racked up 56.2 per cent, Republicans 43.8 percent.