Word: bipartisanism
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...techniques used by the State Department to oversell the Communist conspiracy in Asia and Europe. He is perfectly justified in his skepticism but probably underestimates the almost constitutional permanence of such diplomatic policy. Rhetorical overkill lies at the heart of the American foreign policy establishment. To establish bipartisan cohesion among the branches and departments of government requires whipping up the public and overselling "remedies." Policies must be unambiguous, but unambiguous policies escalate a diplomatic crisis. The American foreign policy establishment is a broad coalition of agencies and publics that must be welded together by the rhetoric of victory. This kind...
...measure had enjoyed bipartisan support when it was first drafted, but when Senator John Pastore imposed a provision on the conferees that would make the act effective in time for the fall campaign, Republicans from both houses refused to sign the report, claiming that it was a ploy intended to help the Democrats, whose party coffers are considerably depleted. The Republicans had their way; the bill will not be voted on until too late to affect the fall campaigning...
...Nixon promised the country just one month ago, "we will use them and we will reduce this rate of crime." The President was addressing himself to a major national concern, but not one of the Administration's 20 major anticrime bills has yet become law. The main reason: bipartisan fear that many of their provisions would jeopardize the rights of the innocent without really giving much practical aid to the forces of law and order...
...Bipartisan Congressional Clearing House in Washington is providing political analyses on which other groups can base their actions...
...Bipartisan Support. The announced purpose of the celebration's sponsors -to "rekindle" the spirit of patriotism and respect for individual rights and to demonstrate love of country while conceding its problems-seemed hardly one to call forth controversy. Yet controversy there was, despite the ban on speechmaking and the roster of bipartisan political figures and national leaders, including Hubert Humphrey, Senator Hugh Scott and Senator George McGovern. who lent their names to the day. On the right, the Rev. Carl McIntire denounced the ceremonies as a Hollywood-style ballyhoo dishonoring America's Viet Nam dead. From the satirical...