Word: isolationist
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...Which Al Gore were you going to vote for, the environmentalist or the populist? Which George W. Bush, the tax-cutter or the anti-abortionist? Which Ralph Nader, the government reformer or the economic isolationist? Harry Browne makes it easy. A Libertarian government would hardly seem like government...
...encouraged former president Slobodan Milosevic to stay in power. In general, however, the candidates did use some choice phrases to reveal different philosophies of foreign affairs. In rough terms, Gore has supported the broader, more interventionist policy of the Clinton Administration, while Bush has favored a far narrower, almost isolationist approach...
...forced to conform to either of their platforms in order to have a chance in American politics. For all the differences that exist between Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, they think alike on many important issues: Both are pro-free trade, neither are isolationist and both favor more military spending...
Politically, also, there are weird similarities. Pat evolved during our Crossfire years from a free trader to a protectionist and from a Reaganite internationalist to an America First isolationist. Styling himself the tribune of the workingman has led him down other paths that even he probably finds surprising. If it were anyone else, you'd say his views have become more complex and subtle, even tentative. But Pat manages to retain the certitude of simplicity even as his opinions evolve...
...into the U.S. home. His big, square-cut Scandinavian face was etched handsomely on the screen." Editor Henry Luce seemed rather partial to General Dwight Eisenhower, despite Ike's refusal to run; TIME called him "the people's first choice" and lauded his firm stance against the G.O.P.'s isolationist wing. (A few weeks later, TIME reported that many wanted him as the Democratic nominee over Harry Truman...