Word: gop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hasn't given us any reason yet to think that he can compete with the scandals of previous GOP presidents. But, as any political observer will tell you, appearances sure ain't the same as reality in politics--if there is such a thing as reality in politics...
House Republican Leader Bob Michel of Illinois told reporters that White House Chief of Staff John Sununu urged the GOP leadership this week to peak out more on the flag because it was a "wedge issues"--one that breaks the Democrats apart...
...whether or not Republicans are willing to acknowledge the extent of the Bush Administration's Harvard connections, most observers say Harvard has benefited in at least one sense from the GOP victory...
With the Silver Fox are the Bush troops. The president found himself in a little trouble during the GOP Convention when he, pointing out a few grandchildren to Reagan, referred to the children of a Latino daughter-in-law as the "little brown ones...
...surface the selection may seem puzzling. After all, Gingrich, who proclaimed in 1985 "I am now a famous person," commands little respect around the Capitol. However, the choice makes sense in the context of an emerging trend within the GOP. Republicans have abandoned the legislative process and shunned decent ethical standards; they have recently turned to destructive partisan confrontations in order to regain control of the Congress...