Word: barrettes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While pundits coined the term "Teflon president" to describe former President Ronald W. Reagan's ability to emerge untouched by potential problems, Barrett has invoked the cartoon character Mr. Magoo to make a similar point about Weld...
...political operatives are pretty good at damage control, so he passes from crisis--like the near-sighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo--oblivious, and he escapes unscathed," said Barrett at his campaign kickoff. "But he escapes leaving disaster in his wake for the people of Massachusetts...
...Barrett attended Harvard in the 1960s, where he largely avoided radical student politics. Instead, He remained close to his family and took the less-traveled road to electoral politics...
...very serious and straight arrow, which was off the bell curve in the 1996s," says David W. Siktberg '70, a suitemate of Barrett at Harvard. "He wore suits frequently, I recall...
Perhaps the only burst of radicalism for Barrett at Harvard came from using marijuana--which didn't happen much. Still, unlike President Clinton Barrett admits he inhaled...