Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...asking a Democrat why he or she identifies as one and chances are, you'll get one of the following responses: (a) "I'm a democrat because Newt Gingrich is the devil incarnate"; (b) "I like the job Clinton has done (I have a job, my stocks are up, etc.)" or (c) "I've always been a Democrat because my parents are Democrats." What you're not likely to hear is: "I'm a Democrat because I believe in...[insert governing philosophy here...
Steve Grossman, Democrat, and Jim Nicholson, Republican, answered scripted questions from the leaders of the HLS Republicans and Democrats before about 100 students...
...believe the market must be regulated; hey, that's why I am a Democrat. But one must stop and consider when regulation (such as ordinances on the size of signs) turns into state planning. The market, not city bureaucrats, ought to decide what restaurants operate in the square...
...then in Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Republicans Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon campaigned as philosophical opponents of Big Government, but once in power they made no real attempt to cut it back. Even Ronald Reagan could do little more than put a lid on its expansion. It took Democrat Bill Clinton to declare the era of Big Government finally over. And by then its most important institutions had become widely accepted provisions of the nation's contract with itself...
...with a political adviser reporting to Annan, inserted another layer into the chain of command and could make the hands-on work of the expert inspectors more difficult. Republicans on Capitol Hill were more outspoken, with Senators Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft in full denunciation. Even Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd was "very uneasy about this agreement...