Word: buchananism
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THESE DAYS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN BE ACcused of is good intentions. George Bush imputes good intentions to the antipoverty efforts of the 1960s and '70s as a preface to saying they've backfired. Bush's Republican rival, Patrick Buchanan, then trumps him by pre-emptively tarring any new antipoverty efforts with the same brush. "In the wake of Los Angeles," Buchanan declares, "everyone has a 'solution' to the 'problem.' And these solutions come from earnest and well-intentioned men and women." Officer, stop that man! He's armed with good intentions...
...murder were plentiful and pretty much everyone knew about Coleman's prior conviction, his lawyers petitioned for a change of venue. But Arey did not show up for the motion, leaving the argument to Jordan, whom Coleman charges with inadequate preparation. The case remained in Grundy, the seat of Buchanan County. After the trial, one of Coleman's appeals would be based on a report that a juror had allegedly announced that he hoped to be seated on the jury so he could "burn the s.o.b." The juror has denied making the statement...
...another low-turnout presidential primary, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won 57% of the vote to former California Governor Jerry Brown's 26%. Clinton's win means that he now has three-fourths of the delegates he needs to secure the nomination. George Bush beat Patrick Buchanan by 77% to 23%, and though the victory still left the President a few delegates shy of clinching the + G.O.P. nomination, he seized it nonetheless. "It's wonderful," he said, "to be officially over...
Bush's very public dithering over whether to make the Rio trip only underscores his image as indecisive. Bush wants to go but is hemmed in by conservatives who believe that U.S. participation in such global parleys undercuts American power. Buchanan called on Bush to forgo the Rio meeting and instead "send a telegram" to the conferees explaining that the U.S. would not "yield one iota of our sovereignty to these global parasites...
Otherwise, Buchanan continues to simmer: he vowed to support the party nominee this fall and ended his feud with G.O.P. chairman Rich Bond when he said, "George Bush is entitled to have the chairman he wants...