Word: flips
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...What does it tell us about life, the world, the state of the U.S.? Are not American primary campaigns dominated by the need to raise money from those who want favors and will later extract them? Do candidates not pander to their base support? Do they not flip-flop shamelessly on the issues? Do they not parrot clichés - the need for American "leadership" in the world is a favorite one - with little attempt to educate their audiences in the complexities of the age? Is the exercise not a great license for an army of pundits to bloviate, often...
...who’s counted to infinity—twice. And if that is not enough, consider why Huckabee has gained so much attention in the last couple of months. It’s not only because of Chuck. Rather, it’s because, in a race of flip-floppers and inexperienced platitude-dispensers, Mike Huckabee is the sole consistent and competent candidate, and is unwilling to reverse his beliefs in the name of political expediency...
...voters are also right to feel that something is phony about democratic politics and that it's getting worse. Even a candidate who agrees with you on all important issues and always has?no dreaded flip-flops?is forced by the conventions of politics to be disingenuous about at least one core issue: why he or she is running...
...negative ads and verbal barbs flying between the Huckabee and Romney campaigns do not seem to come much into play in these sedately decorated suburban homes. His supporters seem unconcerned about Romney's flip-flops; in Clive, a neighbor of the hosts says of Romney's earlier pro-choice views, "Well, that's not what he believes now." But they are just as dismissive of Romney's charge that Huckabee has a "liberal" approach to government. Huckabee "is a good man," says Carlson. "He's got his heart in the right place...
...original, Angela Lansbury played Mrs. Lovett as a deranged kewpie doll, inanely flirtatious toward Sweeney yet heartless toward the human remains she pounded into patties. The wonderful singer-comedienne Judy Kaye, in last year's Broadway revival, saw Lovett as the flip side of Sweeney: they're both killers, but he's in it for retribution, she for the sick fun. Bonham Carter, though, is a figure of crafty scorn, and nearly as misanthropic as her demon lover. Ill fortune has ground him down; for her, it's the long slog of surviving among London's lower and criminal classes...