Word: joes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...favor by demanding that he be scrutinizied "fairly" by both press and politicians. Running him out of the race by hammering him with attacks on his record and his personality are meant to be means of according him the highest honor of "respect." After all Gary Hart and Joe Biden were worthy of respect, so why should Jackson be cut out? He's been given a free ride, the experts contend, and that is a form of racism...
...true that in the beginning of this year's campaign Jackson was not drawing much scrutiny, but then again he wasn't drawing much attention by anyone, period. You have to be winning to be scrutinized--unless as Joe Biden learned, another candidate has it in for you. The white candidates who supposedly have been under the gun of scrutiny so far all were doing well at the polls at the time. Gephardt's trade policy and his flip-flopping on the issues--notably abortion--came under fire only after his victory in Iowa. Gary Hart drew the spotlight...
...Alan Brinkley noted in The New York Times at the time of the Hart scandal that his campaign was mortally wounded by the Donna Rice affair precisely because he lacked a constituency. Hart was trading on his front-runner status and nothing more. The same could be said of Joe Biden. For a candidate without a natural constituency, any damaging revelation can bring a campaign...
...Maine in the late 1970s, scored (get this) a shorthanded goal for the Black Bears while the opposing goalie was still in the net...Thanks to *** Morris at Alaska-Fairbanks for her input this year for The Hockey Notebook II. Thanks also to Julie Woltjen at Alabama-Huntsville, Joe Bertagna '73 and Steve Armstrong for cross-checking the Clarkson mascot...
...Where is Joe Paterno when you need...