Word: laming
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...presidential candidates all talk about the need for change as if George W. Bush were a flat tire or a dirty diaper, but his Middle East trip last week was a reminder that he's still the Commander in Chief, that the lame duck has one more year to quack...
...gentleman who delivered my groceries the other day and said we had a problem because I had to be 21 to receive alcohol. You're me when I told that same man that I liked a guy who knew his way around a dolly. (Lame, I know. I was caught off guard.) You're the fiftysomething guy behind me on the plane before Christmas telling his fortysomething seatmate how sensual her eyes were--actually, I hope you're not, because if so, you're really skeevy. My point is, once you move into the verbal phase of flirtation...
Although we welcome Bush’s initiative, we worry about his desire to have a peace in place by the time he leaves office. The peace processes should not be dictated by the electoral cycle and a lame duck president’s desire to craft a legacy. The process cannot be rushed, and the end of the second Bush presidency should not be the end of the current push for peace, as the end of the Clinton administration was seven years...
...everyone can be the Comeback Kid. For a campaign that pulls up lame, but isn't ready to be euthanized, viability is the play. For some, this means a creative interpretation of the results, such as Senator Joe Lieberman declaring after the 2004 New Hampshire primary that his fifth place finish was, in actuality, "a three-way tie for third place." But there's danger in the viability strategy, danger exemplified by Howard Dean. After finishing a disappointing third in '04, Dean declared: "We're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico...
...organization won the support of only 39% of the 3,900 delegates to the party congress, compared with 60% for the populist former Deputy President Jacob Zuma. And this while Zuma, 65, still faces corruption charges in the South African courts. The result leaves President Mbeki a lame duck, and Zuma's supporters expect him to complete Mbeki's humiliation at the next general election in 2009 when they expect he will win the ANC's nomination to succeed Mbeki as President of South Africa. Although Mbeki is constitutionally prevented from seeking a third term, he sought to retain...