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Wikipedia

Although John Tunney was a Democrat, his father Gene Tunney was a Republican.

[Gay State Conservative]

He’s a Rat. Couldn’t care less about his....well,I’ll leave it at that.

[mylife]

Glad USS Tunny was not named for him

[Pelham]

His only redeeming feature is that he wasn’t as bad as Alan Cranston.

[PGR88]

Tunney was close to Ted Kennedy. He was Kennedy’s go-between in the traitorous deal Kennedy tried to make with the Soviets to influence the Presidential election of 1984

[dfwgator]

No comment.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Despite Democrat Jimmy Carter's victory in the Presidential election, Tunney lost to Hayakawa in a mild upset...

Just think, in another 10-15 years, after the dems would stab Reagan/amnesty in the back by opening the flood-gates for illegals, he would have been a shoo-in.

The art of the deal is...never make deals with dems.

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[DoughtyOne]

John Tunny had a stint at ABC(7) Los Angeles for a few years.

He would debate issues of the day with (Stanley) Bruce Herschensohn. Herschensohn would mop the floor with Tunny. It was so bad I often wondered why Tunny would submit himself to it week after week. It was brutal!

My respect for Hershensohn grew and grew. I really liked the guy. As for Tunny, he was clearly a flake.

Tunny                                             Hershonsohn

Full Hershensohn name provided due to another person with the name Bruce Hershenson, I've never heard of before.

[Fiji Hill]

Tunney's opponent in the 1970 Senate election was George Murphy, a conservative Republican who had bucked the 1964 Johnson landslide to defeat Pierre Salinger, JFK's press secretary. Murphy's 1970 re-election campaign was the first political campaign for which I did volunteer work.

Unfortunately, he had a medical condition that impaired his ability to speak, a severe handicap for a politician. he also had to fight off a last-minute challenge from Norton Simon, a RINO businessman. These factors, plus a recession were too many obstacles for Murphy to overcome.

Fortunately, Tunney only served one term before being knocked out by Dr. Sam Hayakawa (who would turn out to be a disappointing RINO).

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Sadly, the man was an idiot.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Dreadful Senator, to be sure. RIP.

[Theodore R.]

And wasn’t Jack Dempsey a Democrat?