Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush appointed former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett "drug czar" and accorded this post Cabinet status, but doesn't even allow Bennett to attend Cabinet meetings. He banned the import of semiautomatic assault weapons, the firearms of choice of drug lords, only to subsequently refuse to ban domestic manufacturing...
But precisely those features of his Panama policy that have served Bush well make a mockery of a prominent theme in his presidential campaign. As a candidate, Bush lambasted Michael Dukakis for advocating the sort of military restraint and multilateral diplomacy on which Bush has relied as President.
In a speech to the American Legion on Sept. 7, Bush quoted Teddy Roosevelt on how "sentimentality" is out of place when vital national interests are at stake. He cited the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the 1986 bombing raid on Libya as models of the way the U.S. should...
No big deal, until the Boston Herald ran a picture of the Chevy with its spanking-new inspection sticker in the window and the Governor and his driver standing nearby. Headline: DUKE FAILS TO STICK TO INSPECT LAW. Before long, the crack drive-time team at one of Cape Cod...
Finally, the bill would require approval from the owners of at least 40 percent of a company's stock to call a special meeting of the company's shabeholders. Now, approval from just 10 percent is needed--a right that was meant to ensure accountability but "has been abused lately...