Word: botherer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...liberals are so befuddled by President Reagan because our dislike for him doesn't bother him a bit. But that's not what's dangerous about the events of the last week. What's dangerous is Reagan's lack of any foreign policy standards. One former CIA official complained to me last year. "The real decisions are made in the basement of the White House by people who are not confirmed and do not testify. These folks use the CIA as their representatives and executors abroad. Congress has little control over it. I wish foreign policy could move back...
...loves being President--which is just fine. But the sad truth is that his view of what exactly the man in the oval office should be doing is different from most people's. He sees himself as an elder statesman, a philosophical grandfather-figure too elevated to bother himself with details like facts and programs...
...that little spiel on takeoff about safety exits and all that crap? "In the unlikely event that we have to ditch the aircraft over water, your seat cushion will act as a floatation device." First off, if it's so damn unlikely that we're going to crash, why bother telling us about it? And a floatation device? Great, you're crashing into the water at 600 miles per hour--all you need is a surfboard...
...made so many phone calls that she has switched to Sprint, a system that offers long-distance calls at lower cost. So far she has had no offers. Says she: "Sometimes I'm enthusiastic and sometimes I'm worried. The long term doesn't bother me; the short term does...
...across. If he was here with you and me, he would be shy. He seems to be doing pretty well; he hasn't gone crazy over all his success. It's very hard. He's got a lot of people trying to get to him and bother him and he has to smile when he wants to cry. It can be rough sometimes. But that's show biz. You either have to deal with...