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What he meant was, in part, that America's manhood was back. By his account, the Administration of Jimmy Carter and, he always added, of Walter Mondale, had stood for weakness and inefFectuality, for letting foreigners like the Ayatullah kick us around and imprison our people. The theme of manhood ran deeply through the campaign. The U.S. had lost the long war in Viet Nam; the nation seemed smaller and diminished in the world: unmanned. Reagan restored a sense of what was good, what was virtuous, about being a man. A New York Times/CBS News poll showed that...
...times during the second debate. Reagan incessantly used sports metaphors: "Isn't it great to see America scoring touchdowns again?" When George Bush accused the Democratic ticket of saying that American Marines died "in shame" in Lebanon, Mondale denied it and said Bush didn't have "the manhood" to apologize. Bush, who merits consideration for the Ernest Hemingway Moveable Feast Invidious Braggadocio Trophy this year, replied, "I'll lay my record on any forum, whatever it is, on the manhood, up against his." After his debate with Geraldine Ferraro, Bush told a longshoreman, "Yeah, we tried...
Last week Vice President Bush took offense at a strip that accused him of selling out his beliefs and suggestively belittled his political "manhood," which was described as being placed in a "blind trust." The cartoon Bush, queried whether the manhood would be "earning interest," responded, "Very little. There's not that much capital." The real Bush accused Trudeau of "coming out of deep leftfield" and described him as "another voice out there hoping we are defeated...
...claim that Hunt had a homosexual lover, but his aides still refer to opposition staffers as "queers". Further, Helms has used their television debates to bait Hunt about his leadership qualities and toughness under pressure--circling around the touchy issue that has plagued both Walter Mondale and George Bush-manhood...
...opponent. Lee Csanad, a typographer, said indignantly, "Bush certainly underscored the fact that to this Administration our opinion has never mattered." The Bush campaign's post-debate donning of the manly trappings of the locker room-from gleeful references to kicking ass to an exchange of challenges about "manhood" with Mondale-was explained by Ohio Governor Richard Celeste as a reaction to anxiety. "That sort of defensive thing happens whenever women get close to power. Men just don't know how to handle...