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Dolan is not at all concerned that he might alienate his GOP allies by running arch-conservatives against Republican incumbents in the 1982 primaries. He claims the party would be better off without the excess baggage, and calls Weicker and his ilk "completely irrelevent" in the Senate. "The liberal wing of the Republican party," he adds, is finally dead...
...then there was the Carter family. Sister Ruth, who hobnobbed with Billy Graham and his ilk, and, like her brother, was a born-again Christian. And of course, brother Billy, the greatest filial embarrassment to hit the White House since Sam Houston Johnson moved into the White House so Lyndon could keep an eye on him. Billy, who declared his dislike for Blacks; Billy, who loaned his name to a (bad) brand of beer; Billy, who picked up a stack of money from Col. Khadafy and the Libyan gang. Billy, a loud, obnoxious, good ol' boy who pissed on airport...
...thousand Quixotes astride Democratic donkeys sally forth to take up the gauntlet, they stand no chance. The American majority will sleep blissfully for the next 10 or 15 years--they years when our slide gains invisible but irresistible momentum--dreaming only of increased discretionary income. Reagan and his ilk, assuming they can avoid war and keep the Pentagon to five sides, will be able to solve inflation in the short run, and that's all that really troubles Americans. Reduced government spending, coupled with a traditional industrial base growing to meet the demands of Betamax-hungry consumers, will make...
...infant baptism, and at least one "witch" left this world from Gallows Hill north of Harvard. But like the rest of the colony, Cambridge matured quickly--by the beginning of the 18th century, a new group of wealthier and more tolerant folks, the Tories, supplanted the Mathers and their ilk. Huge houses began to sprout on Brattle St., still seen by many as the home of the haughty "Brattle St. crowd...
...fight goes on, the more public support for repressive policies will diminish. Remember the pictures of Black children in their Sunday best cowering in front of snarling dogs? So does everyone else--and those images and others like them eventually proved the downfall of Bull Connor and his ilk. Beating the non-violent is a horrible thing to do; people come to realize this, and if it takes months of getting beaten, then that is the price. The effect is muted, if not reversed when those on the receiving end are wearing helmets and gas masks and carrying boards...