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A LOOK BACK | GOP U.S. Senate campaign bombed by fortune cookies
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Oct 31, 2020 02:17pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Rachael Wright |
| News Date | Saturday, October 31, 2020 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Forty Years Ago This Week: While U.S. Senate candidate Mary Estill Buchanan’s campaign was suffering significant money woes, more drama played out for the campaign before a scheduled luncheon at Denver’s Wellshire Inn where Republican Kansas U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum was scheduled to speak in Buchanan’s support.
Just before the Buchanan crew arrived at the restaurant, two mysterious women surreptitiously placed a dessert treat next to every plate – delightful, crispy fortune cookies. Unfortunately, the fortunes were all laced with a one surprise reading, “Hart wins in 80.”
The cookies were spotted by keen-eyed campaign staff during the pre-luncheon cocktail hour and were hastily removed, but damage had already been done. Buchanan laughed off the incident and said that she’d wait to open her fortune cookie on November 5, after the general election. |
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