Word: frightening
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...course of national politics or question the economic soundness of a complete withdrawal from the global economy. Anti-Buchanan arguments like these do very little for the American people and their values system; they merely teach them the art of campaign tactics. The social conservatism advocated by Buchanan should frighten and outrage our populace, and yet all it does is present politicians and voters with an unexpected, but unfortunately accepted variable...
Buchanan's fiery rhetoric and sharply conservative views, however, have drawn fire from Republican party leaders who have warned that Buchanan will divide the party and frighten moderate voters...
...Vice President too was a designated tough guy, to help give Clinton some cover. He heckled the enemy, repeatedly interrupting Gingrich during his presentation of Medicare options. At one point, Gingrich had to bite his lip when Gore cut in with the warning that "we can't frighten senior citizens. We must all guard against that." Gingrich, who had watched the Democrats spend millions of dollars last year attacking "Republican cuts" in Medicare, said nothing, having been counseled to stay calm at such moments. Gore remained feisty, however--so much so that rumors began circulating that he was throwing bones...
...strength of Penn's fresh man superstar doesn't frighten she Harvard team which faces the Quakers in its next Ivy League competition on February...
...conservative caution, Gingrich, one of the most absorbent if not always discriminating minds in national politics, has concocted a stew of beliefs that blends the sunny economics of Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp, the stern moralism of the Christian right and enough giddy futurism either to excite or to frighten his followers. He dubbed himself a "conservative revolutionary," one of the greatest political oxymorons ever invented. He saw that it simply wouldn't do to carp about the Great Society. He invented something to replace it, something, he says, that is better: the Conservative Opportunity Society...