Deconstruction: Your Kind of Man/Son of Baltimore

One of the things that Derrida (and we) should see during his Baltimore cab-ride montage is an election sign for Spiro Agnew's campaign in the upcoming Maryland gubernatorial election, which was just three weeks away.  His slogan was "Your Kind of Man." (see this photo taken Nov. 1, 1966 for an example)

Agnew was born in Baltimore to a Greek immigrant father and Virginia-born mother. He briefly attended Johns Hopkins University, started at the University of Baltimore law school... After military service in World War II (and later Korea), Agnew completed his legal studies, settled in the Towson area, where he became involved in community organizations, and was appointed to the county zoning board...  

Switching his registration from Democrat to Republican, Agnew in 1962, taking advantage of a split in Baltimore County’s Democratic organization, was elected county executive. His record in Baltimore County was moderate and at times progressive, even in civil rights (though he was unhappy with integration protests at Gwynn Oak amusement park).

With re-election in Baltimore County unlikely with a unified Democratic Party, Agnew ran for governor in 1966. Again, the Democrats divided, nominating perennial candidate George P. Mahoney, who ran on the anti-open housing slogan “Your Home is Your Castle.” Thus, Agnew became the “liberal” candidate in the race, gaining support from white progressives and African-Americans, en route to being elected Maryland’s fifth GOP governor. Once again, Agnew governed as a moderate, working with the (always) Democratic General Assembly. (link)

The cab driver can see the sign and talk about Agnew as a local politician.  He can say the slogan out loud, He can reference the protests at Gwynn Oak amusement park, which were three years in the past.

"It was all over the news." says the driver to Derrida (the colleague is absorbed in reading the manuscript while coping with the starting and stopping of traffic). 

"Couldn't turn on the t.v without seeing it."

We could see Mahoney's sign and slogan,  “Your Home is Your Castle”, as well, but only see it, without hearing it said out loud. Sometime later in the story we should see a castle or building that looks like a castle.

Possible epilogue text: On Nov. 8, Baltimore County executive Spiro Agnew was elected Governor  of Maryland, winning with 49.5% of the vote over two other candidates. He took office in January 1967. A year and a half later at the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, he was selected by Richard Nixon to be his vice presidential running mate for the 1968 presidential election.

Spiro Agnew (1918-1996)

The fallout shelter sign, ubiquitous in that era, should make an experience somewhere in the movie as well, but not during the cab ride. Maybe in the next group of scenes...