Word: labeled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This is not a year for partisan candidates in any sense in which that term has previously been employed in politics. Party labels there must be, because the party label has been established by law; but when the Republican National Committee is forced to offer a prize for a platform, it is ridiculous to pretend that there is anything which resembles a genuine cleavage of public opinion along party lines on the questions that confront the country. What is going on is merely the maneuvering of ambitious politicians who are waiting to see which issues are expedient and which...
...people know any real facts concerning its origin or its workings, and any discussion of it is violently partisan. To be called a "Bolshevik" in seriousness in these days is enough to make a man fight. It is a label that cuts far deeper than "thief" or "murderer," because no one is quite aware of what it means, and one's imagination plays havoc with accusation...