Word: gingriched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton isn't the only rudderless ship in Washington. The whole place, primed for battle so long, is having trouble coping with conciliation. Working hard to be charming, Newt Gingrich ends up making his loyalists loathe him more. "There's no interest in politics right now because there's no conflict," former Clinton strategist James Carville complained to the New Yorker last week. "Democracy demands conflict." Washington politicos brighten visibly only when asked about the likelihood of new brawls breaking out. They promise "big fights." They can't wait to start slugging...
...thing? These agencies are supposed to give us confidence in their vision and respect for their reputation of being rock solid. But now there are allegations about the FBI crime lab; President Clinton has several unresolved issues, including alleged improper White House visits and political contributions; House Speaker Newt Gingrich has admitted ethical violations. Where are the new leaders who will help restore our lost confidence? FRED STROM Rye Brook...
...aren't politicians real? It seems that once a person enters the political arena, he lives a fairy-tale existence [NATION, April 28]. In the latest episode, House Speaker Newt Gingrich's fairy godfather, Bob Dole, gives his old friend a sweetheart loan (possibly from campaign contributions) that most Americans would be unable to give their own son or daughter. Mother Goose couldn't write a better fairy tale. SANFORD DU ROFF Tarzana, Calif...
What is the big deal about Dole's lending Gingrich some needed money? Friends do it often--can't public servants? Dole was raised in an era when integrity and kindness were venerated. Dole's bailing out Newt saved his career and probably his marriage. JASON M. SILVERMAN Harleysville...
...back its start-up money to the R.N.C., which was then gearing up for the midterm election. Indeed, the think tank transferred $1.6 million to the R.N.C. three weeks before the triumphant G.O.P. takeover of Congress. Young received a taste of the victory in a meeting with Newt Gingrich a few days before the Speaker took the House gavel. The event was arranged as a "personal favor" to Barbour, according to a record kept by the Speaker. And that was not the last favor. A year later, when Barbour was invited to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen in Beijing...