Scranton Report<\/a>\u201d called the Kent State shootings \u201cunjustified\u201d and acknowledged that the ebb and flow of campus unrest was directly related to U.S. escalation in Vietnam and Cambodia.<\/p>\nAs we write this, Scranton is 92 years old.\u00a0 His name has long since drifted from the headlines.\u00a0 His record includes accomplishments in the fields of education, human rights, and international cooperation.\u00a0 In light of the positions and demeanor of today\u2019s Republican Party, his greatest accomplishments may lie in what he did not do.\u00a0 He did not seek to fragment; he did not demonize; he did not participate in the dismantling of government that Barry Goldwater and later Ronald Reagan advocated during the time that Scranton was active.<\/p>\n
If he were in the U.S. Senate now, would Scranton collaborate with Democrats?\u00a0 This falls into the world of conjecture, but it\u2019s likely that he would keep his distance from the likes of Mitch McConnell or John Boehner.\u00a0 That would be a first step for today\u2019s Republicans; to have the temerity to \u201cjust say no\u201d to the bullying of its leaders in Congress and most virulent supporters in the populace.\u00a0 Of course this all begs the question of whether he could be elected today.\u00a0 It will be a fine day for the country when a William Scranton can be present and accepted in the tent known as the Republican Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If he were in the U.S. Senate now, would Scranton collaborate with Democrats? This falls into the world of conjecture, but it\u2019s likely that he would keep his distance from the likes of Mitch McConnell or John Boehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,172,16],"tags":[298,301,300,299,302,297],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/a>America, most think of a branch office of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company and its quirky branch supervisor Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell).\u00a0 But one of the descendants of the founders of the city, steel moguls Selden and George Scranton, was William Scranton III, the progressive (or at least moderate) Republican governor of the state from 1963-1967.<\/p>\n