Word: asses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question of his female opponent. Lee Csanad, a typographer, said indignantly, "Bush certainly underscored the fact that to this Administration our opinion has never mattered." The Bush campaign's post-debate donning of the manly trappings of the locker room-from gleeful references to kicking ass to an exchange of challenges about "manhood" with Mondale-was explained by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste as a reaction to anxiety. "That sort of defensive thing happens whenever women get close to power. Men just don't know how to handle...
...slight edge (see following story). But the next day, Bush squandered some of the benefits with one of the silliest blunders of the campaign. After a rally in Elizabeth, N.J., on Friday, a television boom mike caught him whispering to a longshoreman that "we tried to kick a little ass last night." Realizing that the mike was on, the Vice President then exclaimed, "Whoops! Oh, God, he heard me! Turn that thing...
Bush, for his part, defied frightened aides who doubted his debating ability. Although his boast later that he "tried to kick a little ass" was off the mark, the Vice-President's nevertheless aggressive performance probably did more to steady his unsure future than any single political act of his life. But he also showed that Reagan Administration opportunism and deceit aren't confined to the oval office. Claiming that the Administration had expanded the safety net, Bush said that spending on welfare has increased since 1981. "...I am not going be found wrong on that. I am sure...
...scoop on the inner workings of JFK for the suit, she also tries to get at the inner workings of Nolte. He, on the other hand is too busy with Eddie, his problem student. Ralph Macchio reprises his role from Karate Kid as The Shrimp Who Kicks Ass aka The Tough Kid From a Broken Home Who Is All Right Underneath--Really. Don't wince; the roles, dialogue and intentions of the script are so telegraphed, outlined, highlighted, and underlined that only a Columbia film-student could miss the point...
...jealousy and awe. If the operatic excerpts occasionally impede dramatic flow, they capture the Mozartian spirit as well as comment, with typical Forman bravura, on the theme of an oaf who makes miracles with music: in the Don Giovanni parody, a dove flies out of a horse's ass...