Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dole, with his reputation for meanness in mind, has thus far shied away from taking the campaign to the door of the Oval Office. His attacks on Clinton have usually come in one of three ways. First is his habit of throwing out little verbal grenades that seemingly come from nowhere and fail to detonate. An example of this was his repetition of the charge that in the debates four years ago, Clinton did not refer to George Bush as "Mr. President." While perhaps this will end up swinging the votes of millions, it probably did little more than cause...
...Second, Dole tells us what he won't talk about. On Sunday, he interrupted a discussion of the possibility of pardons for those convicted during the investigation of Whitewater by making sure we are all aware that "I'm not discussing Whitewater now." He interrupted his discussion of drugs to tell Clinton "I won't comment on other things that have happened in your administration or in your past about drugs." This is much like the congressional candidate who went around his district telling every audience that he would refuse to discuss the tax evasion charges leveled against his opponent...
Third, much of Dole's campaign has been built around a discussion of Bill Clinton's character. The drug issue is not only about national policy. It is about the implicit question of why President Clinton has failed to speak out about drug use and why it is impossible for him to do so. The answer is because of Clinton's "unmentionable" past drug use. Dole doesn't really need to say this. As his "Saturday Night Live" character would say, "You know it, I know, the American people know it." The same applies for Dole's erstwhile discussion...
...this is not enough. There is less than a month to go in the election. One could hear the tennis claps of pundits around the country lauding the civility of Sunday's debate. Editorial pages around the nation are tripping over themselves in order to congratulate Dole on refusing Jim Lehrer's invitation to discuss the issue of character. "I don't like to get into personal matters," said Dole in demurral. Character, along with convictions, is the most important assessment that America must make when it chooses her president. If Dole truly feels that Bill Clinton's character...
LYNDHURST, New Jersey: Trailing by double-digits in the polls with less than a month until election day, Bob Dole has decided to try a little less tenderness. On a campaign swing through New Jersey, Dole said he would hit harder at President Clinton's ethics in next Wednesday's Presidential debate in San Diego. Dole responded to a shouted plea for him to "Get Bozo out of the White House," with "Bozo's on his way out." The feisty remark signals a harsher turn in Dole's campaign style as he is seen to be running out of time...