WABC News: Jacob Javits on the campaign trail (1980)

[hadrons]

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If he had not ran as a third party Dem. Liz Holtzman probably wins instead of Al D'Amato

[Dennis Donovan]

1. You almost got me! I saw "Jacob Javits on the capaign trail" before I noticed the "1980" part...

...and my very first thought was "OMG! Zombie-Javits!!!" :rofl:

[iandhr]

2. If Holzman did not lose

we never would of had Schumer

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I remember him! K&R.

Actually, I remember two things about him. First, wasn't he the guy that his surgeon left the sponge in? Don't know why, but that stuck in my mind... :shrug:

The other thing is that he was an answer on a social studies test we took in school. We were asked to name our two senators, which shows how political we were as kids. The junior senator was a no-brainer, Bobby Kennedy. But the teacher gave us a hint for Javits... I have no idea why, but I didn't need it. :-)