Word: doles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friend's call made me realize that I am not the only person whose grasp on reality was shaken by the Tonight Show appearance of Elizabeth Dole in motorcycle duds. In fact, I believe our response to her appearance was symptomatic of a problem more widespread than people have been willing to admit...
What do you do when you're running for president and nothing's working? You try something else. So there was Bob Dole last week flailing at Bill Clinton's foreign policy--an issue of minimal resonance for voters more concerned about interest rates than Israel. To earlier charges that Clinton's foreign policy is "weak, indecisive, incoherent, inconsistent, vacillating, scattershot and self-contradictory," Dole added "rudderless and illusory," and said it's a product of "neglect, posturing, concessions and false triumphs ... a string of failures dressed up for television as victories." On Clinton's watch, Dole concluded, "This...
...what would Dole do instead? Well, that's the problem. Dole is heavy on critique but light on prescription; his wisdom rarely rises beyond a mush of content-free bromides. "I will pursue a strategy for success," he pledged. "We must define our interests and assume full responsibility to protect and promote [them] ... We will stand by our allies and nurture coalitions. We will keep our promises...
This, of course, is not a foreign policy worthy of the term, or even good public relations. It bespeaks a lack of seriousness, and it squanders a chance. The differences between Dole and Clinton when they look abroad are not "vast and fundamental," as Dole claims, but there are some worth noting...
...Bosnia, for example, Dole has long favored arming the Muslims to level the killing fields. Clinton's supported that too, but only rhetorically--a failure that could cause U.S. troops to remain there until the peace is finally secured, which may mean indefinitely...