Word: democratization
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Childers, the common thread tying together Democrats is government concern for working families. As a teenager, he went to work in a convenience store after his father died, while his mother worked two minimum-wage jobs; he remembers borrowing $1,100 to get himself through Ole Miss. He's appalled by the $10 trillion national debt, but he's an economic populist who doesn't assume government spending is bad. He believes that Republicans convinced many Southerners that Democrats don't share their values because of hot-button culture issues like guns--he doesn't mention race...
...current economic meltdown by coddling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "I believe in God, I believe in the war in Iraq, and I don't have a lot of use for Nancy Pelosi," he says. "But Travis, well, I think he's his own man. He's a Democrat...
...truth is that in most elections, this clash of the monsters usually boils down to a pair of elderly women poll watchers--the one in the patterned sweater and sneakers is the Democrat, and the one with the rhinestone red-white-and-blue elephant pin and the sensible flats is the Republican--arguing over a few smudgy ballots in a couple of thousand precincts across America. Relax--our democracy will survive...
...this week's piece and in his exclusive interview, Joe sits down with Obama only a couple of weeks before the election, and the Democrat is extremely candid about his policies on energy, the economy, Iraq and Afghanistan and his dealing with General David Petraeus. Candidates rarely do that. But Joe is in a class by himself...
...Last week, former Secretary of State Colin Powell cited John McCain's automated phone message, or robo-call, linking Barack Obama with "domestic terrorist" Bill Ayers as a reason for crossing party lines to publicly endorse the Illinois Democrat. (The Obama campaign later repudiated McCain's message in its own series of robo-calls). Voters have already received recorded phone messages from Rudy Giuliani, Scarlett Johannson, Jay-Z and "Joe Martinez the Plumber." Even "Obama Girl" is lashing out at the campaign tactic. Listen to various robo-calls from the 2008 campaign...