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Goodwin could have easily adopted a Clintonian method in addressing these issues, but has done quite the opposite. She has removed herself from positions of influence in the media and from the Pulitzer committee while she examines her options of corrective action. You write that she should send a clear message that she understands the gravity of her offense; however, no other public figure has sent a clearer message than Goodwin regarding her error and corrective action. She has faced her detractors with a surprising and refreshing amount of humility and remorse, far exceeding those whose transgressions are more egregious...
Then, one crisp September morning, the Clintonian cult of self crashed down. Our new president asked us to believe in things bigger than ourselves, and we did. We believe in many big things now, like the kindness of children sending dollars to Afghanistan and the courage of firemen sprinting into the mouth of hell. But most especially we have remembered to believe in those two victims of the modern academy: America...
...thinks like you and understands the complications of everyday living, yet is equipped with the mental tools to solve national problems? Chen communicates that sort of pragmatic intelligence. He's a Taiwanese Al Gore, and that's part of his problem. He could do with a bit more Clintonian warmth and charm. He struggles to connect, which is surprising, considering that during his campaign he conceived and delivered a cuddly, cute sort of marketability--the doe-eyed A-bian doll, which by all accounts, helped him charm younger voters in last year's election...
...prop for the conservatives in his party. The latest Japanese government has its share of opacity too. It arrived in office four weeks ago to the highest hopes of any government in the past decade. Koizumi is a charismatic reformer who speaks his mind and has a plastic, Clintonian charm. His arrival represented a victory over the old-line politicos who have run Japan for decades. And in an early sign of his thinking, he has turned over economic-policy management not to the Ministry of Finance, an organization that is the ne plus ultra of bureaucratic lethargy and intellectual...
...someone who thinks like you, understands the complications of everyday living yet is equipped with the mental tools to solve these problems? Chen communicates that sort of pragmatic intelligence. He's a Taiwanese Al Gore, and that's part of his problem. He could do with a bit of Clintonian warmth and charm. He struggles to connect, which is surprising considering that he has a cuddly-cute sort of marketability?the doe-eyed A-Bian doll, by all accounts, helped him charm younger voters in last year's election...