Word: barnstorms
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...With little prompting, he tells stories about growing up near the Yorkshire Dales ("We used to pee at the junction of the Ribble and Aire rivers to see whose would go to the Irish Sea and whose would go to the North Sea!"), ignoring the advice of theater directors ("barnstorm führers, the lot") and mocking "gibberish spouting" method actors. "When you're playing Hamlet, and you and Horatio are up on the battlements, Horatio says, 'But, look, the morn in russet mantle clad/ Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill.' Well...
...most of 45 minutes last Tuesday morning the topic was all about "the other aspect of American security," as Bush put it - jobs and the economy. As he prepared to barnstorm the country for his plan to eliminate the tax on dividends and accelerate income-tax rate cuts, the president was in no mood to go off message. "We understand capital," Bush asserted, laying the groundwork for his central argument that tax cuts spur growth and serve as a cure-all for most economic ills. "I remember in the '80s, when people said we will have deficits forever," Bush said...
...initiative to put aside $550 million in state funds for after-school programs. So far, he has spent $1 million of his own money to push the measure, which would offer grants to every state elementary and middle school. Signature gathering begins this week. Next month the actor will barnstorm across the state for the initiative. Could this be Arnie's way of saying "I'll be back"? Or could a touch of Kennedy do-goodism be rubbing off on the stalwart Republican? Schwarzenegger, who is married to a Kennedy (NBC's Maria Shriver) and may yet run for Governor...
Recently, Bush has tried to wrap himself in the rhetoric of reform, while refusing to change his opposition to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. Last spring he was a "reformer with results," and he is currently on his "barnstorm tour for reform." In using these phrases, Bush is trying to reach out to reform-minded voters who supported McCain. But when Bush says "reform" he is talking about something very different from the reform sponsored by McCain and Sen. Russell Feingold (R- Wisc...
...going home. All of us except George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who are ready to take off on their first campaign barnstorm as the official candidates of the Republican party. After five days of speeches, parties and fund-raising, the 2000 GOP convention is over, and spirits are high here in Philadelphia. Bush's rousing and, by all accounts, presidential acceptance speech on Thursday night brought down the house; the delegates are charged up and ready to take the message home. Let the proselytizing begin...