Word: dissenters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...CHUNG: You won’t hear too much dissent from me on this topic, Mr. Soskin. The reign of the summer blockbuster is an ugly, brutal one; long before the Bush administration made it a way of life, studios have relied on and thereby perpetuated a deep, long-standing ignorance within the American people. Far too many individuals have locked themselves into the mindset that film simply cannot exist as an art form comparable to its centuries-old companions in theater, painting and music. I’ve bore many an unhealthy grudge against friends unwilling to accept movies...
...winning game plan for Democrats: (step one) discuss the dissent, (step two) welcome the dissenters and (step three) expose the facts...
...It’s clear I’m not dissenting from the content of the report,” he said. “I wanted to make three amplifying points, to either clarify or comment on specific items or omissions in the report, but it was not a principled dissent...
...columns and editorials that express nothing but shock, shock, shock at all the Republican hardball miss the pattern. This is the way Bush plays the game. This is the way he governs as president. Step one: Suppress dissent. Step two: If it happens anyway, punish the dissenter. Step three: Dismiss the offending facts...
...this principle was invoked by opponents of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in 2002, after he built his campaign around opposition to the war. Now it is Schroeder’s government which may be on its way out, and the opposition Christian Democrats who urged a quiet, behind-the-scenes dissent towards Washington may yet reap the benefits. Kerry’s calculus thus makes little sense even from the standpoint of mending fences with Paris and Berlin. The Bush Administration has sent American troops to operate alongside their French counterparts to restore order in Haiti and hosted Schroeder to discuss...