Word: bumbler
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...mean you were involved in the Bay of Pigs?" Arkin asks, deadpan. "I was the one who came up with the idea," Falk proudly replies. This is a CIA agent who confirms the worst charges that Congress and the press have brought against the agency-a liar and bumbler, he seems to act without orders and puts civilians in danger...
Afterward, members of Congress crowded around to congratulate him. "This gave the President a great boost," said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. "He demonstrated great tenacity and courage." Added Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker: "This will nullify the bumbler image." Exulted Democratic Senator George McGovern: "This is the most dramatic moment in all the years I've been in Washington. I think history turned a corner tonight and the Middle East will never be the same...
...conflicting motivation after probing Ray's relatives and prison associates for seven years. He found fellow convicts who described Ray as a racist. They claimed Ray had often talked in prison about getting the man whom Ray called "the big nigger." To McMillan, Ray may have been a bumbler as a thief, but he grew shrewd in the ways of prison life and earned much money dealing in drugs and other contraband behind the walls. McMillan claims Ray sent about $6,500 out of prison from such earnings-and that this money later largely financed his travels...
...proclaiming "Death and Slaughter" and "Glory and the Grave," unfurled as the policemen prepare to combat the pirates; the purposeful delay in starting Major General Stanley's famous patter song ("I am the very model of a modern Major General"); the instantaneous characterization of the last policeman as a bumbler out of step with the rest. But more impressive is Seltzer's general handling of the cast--not only the leads, most of whom could do this sort of thing in their sleep by now, but the two choruses, whose members take on a life and individuality of their...
...undevious. He looks uncomfortable when stridently attacking his opponent. He appears similarly forced and unconvincing when he makes a blatant specific pitch for votes, as he did in the South with his contrived emphasis against gun controls. While he is certainly a bright man, his image as a verbal bumbler nevertheless is not totally unfair; he is also a man who can forget three times in a day which town he is in, as he did recently in Illinois. Far from an inspirational leader, Ford has a limited let's-not-rock-the-boat perspective of the presidency. He offers...