Word: democrats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nixon vetoed the bill, calling it unconstitutional, but Congress overrode the veto. Every president since--Democrat and Republican--has called the act an unconstitutional limit on the power of the executive. And yet, every president has obeyed the law by keeping Congress, or at least individual members of Congress, informed of the nation's military position...
...Democrat Michael Dukakis lashed at front-running George Bush as man with "no convictions, no ideas and no plans" yesterday and blamed Republican policies for last year's stock market plunge. Bush tried to contain supporters' enthusiasm over polls showing him building a large lead...
...Democrat's aides disputed an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll showing Bush with a 17-point lead, his largest of the campaign. They pointed instead to other polls indicating about half that margin...
...uses videotape of the helmeted Dukakis in the turret of an M-1 tank, a ride the Democrat took last month in an attempt to show toughness on defense issues--but which critics said made him look silly...
...realize that most people consider you a Democrat. I think I once heard someone describe you as--heaven forbid--a liberal. Let's face it though, Derek, I have judged your record, seen what you've done at Harvard, and you are my kind of man. Whether you know it or not, you're a conservative. (Remember I didn't know I was a conservative in 1980. I didn't realize it until Ronny's boys told...