Word: backlasher
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...backlash has started. "It's kind of like the Mafia," says a strategist for another Democratic contender. "Everyone wants another family to hit him. You don't want to bring blood into your own house." The centrist Democratic Leadership Council (D.L.C.), which helped nurture Bill Clinton's political career, warned last week that the "far left" was taking over the party and pulling it over a cliff. No one had to ask whom the D.L.C.'s chairman, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, was referring to when he posited, "Do we want to vent, or do we want to govern?" Although...
...Stage, portrays the love of two young Singaporean men for each other as doomed. Its author Benny Lim, a 23-year-old local undergraduate, says, "Being accepted by mainstream society doesn't mean that all the problems faced by homosexuals will go away." A general homophobic backlash from elements of the Christian community is also in progress...
Stephanie Moore, a vice president of Forrester Research, says companies are concerned about the backlash but mainly because of the negative publicity. "The retail industry is very hush-hush about its offshoring," she says. But within the boardroom, such outsourcing enjoys wide support. In a June survey of 1,000 firms by Gartner Research, 80% said the backlash would have no effect on their plans...
...mean to suggest he alone was responsible for the future of the Middle East. Indeed, Bush spent a lot of time stressing that all parties need to take steps toward peace. But the President's decision to get personally involved in that effort--risking diplomatic embarrassment abroad and political backlash at home--was remarkable...
...Democrats have to fight on the Republicans' turf. It's time to get down and dirty, tell the truth and not worry about the backlash. Truth and a get-tough strategy have a chance. Business as usual would be another disaster. REGINA AVRAHAM New York City...