Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Clinton signed the welfare bill for purely political reasons is not overly cynical. This welfare bill was not overwhelmingly different from earlier proposals that Clinton had vetoed; for example, it transforms the current system into block grants to the states. However, Clinton did not want to give Bob Dole the chance to ridicule him for failing to live up to his promise to "end welfare as we know it." The many flaws of this bill are beyond the scope of this editorial, but it is clear that welfare as we know it has been ended--the New Deal promise...
...Dole is running so far behind in the polls that pundits have begun to speculate on the Democrats' chances for retaking Congress. Dole is actually lucky to be given the opportunity to debate Clinton; after all, Perot was shut out because the Commission on Presidential Debates ruled that he had no "realistic chance" of winning the November election...
With only about a month until we once again must choose the lesser of two evils to govern us, the only scenarios for a Dole victory involve a massive calamity to the Clinton campaign; but the slick Comeback Kid from Hope seems almost immune to scandal. To date, the most exciting moment in Dole's campaign has been Dole's ungainly tumble off a stage two weeks ago. Dole has now retired to a Florida condo to rest and strategize, but he would be better off perusing the classifieds instead. That Leader of the Free World job that...
...have respect for her position, but the ideas and things she's done we disagree with," said Jay Dickerson '98, president of the Harvard Republican Club and co-chair of Harvard Students for Dole-Kemp. "It's great for the IOP that they could get the first lady...
With the presidential elections quickly approaching, the IOP has also issued invitations to Robert J. and Elizabeth H. Dole and Jack F. Kemp, Campion said...