Word: kirkpatrick
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...ENTIRE Harvard community shares blame for the University's firmly established reputation as a place where invited guests cannot expect to be respected when they speak their minds. Former U.N. Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick provided an indication of the direness of the situation last month when she reportedly cited disruptions of conservative speakers and fear for her own safety in refusing to visit Harvard...
...latest triumph of our quality control is the case of Jeane Kirkpatrick. Last week the Republican Club, itself marginal, asked her to speak here at Harvard. Without hesitation she declined. Why? She made it clear that she wouldn't appreciate our instructive hymns and clever slogans during her speeches. She actually questioned the good taste of this tradition. Imagine that! In short, she was too dumb--or rather too smart--no, too dumb to come. Well, at least she knows that if one doesn't have anything smart to say, one shouldn't come to Harvard. Old Cap Weinberger didn...
...search for a standard-bearer has lately produced a new faint rumbling on the right: Viva Kirkpatrick! In Managua last week, that cry greeted the only American to have a contra brigade named after her. When Jeane Kirkpatrick arrived to address a reception on the grounds of the U.S. embassy, she was met by a wildly enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000, many waving small U.S. flags. "It was almost as if she were running for office," said one who attended. "Like the presidency of Nicaragua...
...savvy speculation, but his geography was off. A few days later, former New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson announced that he was starting up a presidential exploratory committee on behalf of Kirkpatrick. While not committing herself, she says, "I've talked to a great many people about the campaign, including Governor Thomson, and a great many people have offered help...
With her high name recognition and intellectual stature, Kirkpatrick might do well as a symbolic candidate among neoconservatives and catapult into strong contention for the vice-presidential nomination. But she probably lacks the political machinery and electoral record (though not the ego) to organize a credible quest for delegates...