Word: blame
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enthusiastic, determined and has a good sense of humor," Ford said. "Though we had a bad year, he wasn't to blame. The team couldn't have made a better choice...
...Robert Dole, though he insists, "I don't intend to fade away." The defeated vice-presidential candidate will go back to the Senate, where his term expires in 1980. Having presented a bad-mouth image and fared poorly in the polls during the campaign, he may well receive blame for the party's defeat and stands little chance of being nominated again for the G.O.P. ticket...
Ford stumbled some, but he was not to blame for the damaging investigation of his campaign finances by the Watergate special prosecutor; the inquiry that plagued his campaign for three weeks was prompted by a single informant, whose identity is still not known. Ford's chief campaign asset was probably his character. The President appeared straightforward and reliable. Only his pardon of Nixon was held against him as a moral question mark. Ford hoped that his openness would have more appeal to the voters than Carter's enigmas...
...workers, nobody can. For their part, the Communist leaders are unlikely to change tactics, despite the unrest. To start voting against the Christian Democrats on key issues would only guarantee the collapse of the government and could lead to another national election. Much of the electorate could blame the Communists for adding a political crisis to the economic one. Instead, Berlinguer hopes to intensify his demands that the party be given a more direct and visible role in making national policy. This might help resolve the stangata dilemma by demonstrating to skeptical party members that they in fact are gradually...
Well, not really. Listen to Fred: "It's easy to blame Ford--and he could have helped at certain spots along the way and didn't--but you have to blame the players for the record...