Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found yourself admiring John Kasich last week when he withdrew from the Republican presidential race. It's said that Kasich, who never got past the single digits in the polls and had mustered the sort of funds that would be considered tip money by the campaign of George Quincy Bush, was simply being realistic. He can't win. My point, exactly. Given the fever that grips people running for President, simply being realistic always comes as a welcome surprise. When Orrin Hatch gets realistic enough to withdraw, he'll be praised with comments like "He wasn't really all that...
...other law kicks in when, partly because of the intensity of White House media coverage, the incumbent begins to grate on your nerves. By the time George Bush the Elder left the White House, you were tired of him and tired of Kennebunkport and tired of all those numbingly respectable Cabinet officers who looked as if they'd all gone to Andover together. And you were sick to death of that wretched dog. You were starting to miss the buccaneering days of the Reagan Administration, during which TIME once devoted several pages to mug shots of all the Reagan officials...
This, of course, works to the advantage of Bush the Younger, whose last name carries a warmth it didn't have in 1991, and to the disadvantage of Hillary Clinton, whose family is at that stage of an Administration at which a lot of Americans are thinking, "We'll be glad to see the back of you." It's not just what the press is now calling "Clinton fatigue." It's an inviolable law of presidential politics...
...race goes as predicted, of course, it will be only a few years before Americans start finding themselves a little irritated with Bush the Younger, who by then may have demonstrated that he not only can't tell Slovenia from Slovakia but also has a little trouble distinguishing Iran from Iraq. You could find yourself thinking, "One thing about Clinton--that boy knew his geography." It would be only a matter of time before you were admitting to yourself, "I miss ol' Webb Hubbell. The man was a hoot!" That would be the time for Bill Clinton...
Cozying up to Taiwan is a Republican tradition as cherished as tax cuts. In 1980 Ronald Reagan defied his advisers and pledged to re-establish official relations with Taipei. Facing defeat in 1992, George Bush authorized the sale of 150 F-16s to Taiwan. Even Bob Dole talked about building a missile-defense shield over the Pacific to protect Taiwan from Chinese aggression...