Word: bushism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whatever strategy Clinton pursues in a race against Bush -- and he probably wrote a hundred-page scenario years ago -- it isn't hard to conceive of a debate in which, after listening to a Bushism, the candidate turns a practiced, quizzical look on the President and drawls, "Say what...
...wonder how genuine it is. No one would have accused him of excessive niceness during the 1988 campaign, when he was more concerned with appearing tough. A really nice person doesn't stop being nice when it's inconvenient. More recently, about the budget deficit, there was this classic Bushism: "People understand that Congress bears a greater responsibility for this. But I'm not trying to assign blame." He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make...