Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trend of the last two debates does not necessarily indicate a permanent retreat from mudslinging. The candidates will quickly return to personal attacks if they believe that such tactics will prove more effective. For example, Dole has grown a bit more desperate after his earnest but lackluster performance in last week's debate failed to significantly cut into Clinton's substantial, 15 to 20 point lead in the polls. Now, he is promising that in the next debate, he will grill Clinton more sternly on character and personal issues. Over the weekend, Jack Kemp, after his loud proclamations that...
...debate that featured a steady exchange of character assassination would probably be more interesting to watch than a sequel to last week's debates. But the nation should not have to choose between mudslinging and shallow saccharine platitudes. Instead, Clinton and Dole could actually help the American people by responding candidly to some of the legitimate concerns about their candidacy...
...come clean about the ethical lapses in his administration, including Filegate, Whitewater and campaign finance irregularities. He should answer questions about undermining of civil liberties that has occured on his watch and his failure to pressure nations such as China and Indonesia to improve their dismal human rights records. Dole should delineate some of the spending cuts that will be necessary if his tax cut plan is enacted. He should also discuss the unprecedented access he and other Republicans granted to lobbyists for polluters who sought to rewrite environmental regulations...
While it's fine and good to call for tougher questions, we should be applauding the candidates for maintaining their civility, especially Bob Dole, who would probably benefit from some pointed character comments. The amicability might be artificial, but after all, it's our ability to resist our base urges that separates us from animals...
...characterization of any groups on campus as "enemies" rather than opponents establishes a Gestapo-esque dichotomy between the base and the virtuous. (It's too bad that members of Peninsula's Council don't realize they're on the wrong side.) Bob Dole and Jack Kemp have taken to calling President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore '69 their "opponents." Peninsula, on the other hand, explains that its agenda is "in keeping with the time-honored practice of making a list and checking it twice in order to ensure when the coup comes around the firing squad knows...