Word: honest
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...Gallup poll in April and an Associated Press poll earlier this month showed that the public wants, above all else, a president who is honest and straightforward. In these polls, honesty was valued above traits such as leadership/strength, integrity, and competency...
...countless verbal gaffes. When asked why he, who is half-Mexican, hadn’t called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s resignation as quickly as his fellow candidates had, he said, “It’s because [Gonzales] is Hispanic. I’m honest.” When asked why he accepts lobbyist money, he acknowledged that he can’t afford not to: “I have enough trouble raising money to run a campaign,” he said...
...Biden was declared the “winner” of many recent debates for his passion and honest assessment of both foreign policy and the records of his colleagues. Sen. Barack Obama was similarly praised for a recent speech on foreign policy delivered at DePaul University, where he took Congress and the media to task for failing to adequately investigate the president’s claims in the run up to the War in Iraq. John Edwards has been extolled for his immaculately detailed plans on health care, which even explain how he plans...
GIULIANI: You have to be honest with people. And you can't fool all of the people all of the time. The line-item veto is unconstitutional. You don't get to believe about it; the Supreme Court has ruled on it. So I took President Clinton to court, and I beat him. And I don't think it's a bad idea to have a Republican presidential candidate who actually has beat President Clinton at something. Proponents of the line-item veto claim it allows a President to remove congressionalpork projects...
...obliged to tell both sides of the story, but what’s maddening is that the Democrats insist they are above the fray. After the Congressional elections, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) proclaimed that the Democrats would reign over the “most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history.” Using the Senate floor to slur your political opponents isn’t exactly ethical...