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American voters are hypocritical about many things, but none more so than "change." They want it, until it looks as if they might get it. "Change" was Clinton's mantra in 1992. Yet fear of change was a powerful force for the Republicans once he was elected. The most effective theme in their campaign against Clinton's health-care reform, for example, was that you might--might--not be able to keep your same doctor. So the Republicans got control of Congress, also promising change, and also got stung when they tried to deliver change...
...York Times reported that she had been pressing for a role and that the White House was considering it. What better way to get prime-time coverage than to roll out your best-kept secret, a truly new voice? And what better way to trump the Doles' mantra--my family values are better than your family values--than to show off a poised, well-mannered teenager...
...campaign in Indianapolis, Indiana, earlier this summer, he made a detour to attend the graduation party of a young girl who had been partially paralyzed in a car wreck. While other people end conversations with "So long, take care, see you soon," Dole's sign-off is a mantra against despair: "Don't give up. Don't give...
...contradictions have been building all week. Inside the Convention Center, bright placards, balloons and deliriously happy rally troops find every TV camera as speaker after speaker repeats the mantra of Hope, Growth and Victory. Everywhere are the strains of "I'm a Dole Man!" and "You've Got To Be A Football Hero" and everyone is on message, talking about going for the gold. But even as Republican luminaries prepare to pull out all the stops tonight when Bob Dole formally accepts his party's nomination, the sickly air of resignation seeping out of the San Diego gathering overwhelms...
...readers of America, the same culture that nurtured the catharsis-via-Oprah method of personal problem resolution and the so-called "cult of victim-hood," to stop complaining about how tough their lot is, get their respective chins up and just deal. "Life is difficult," as the book's mantra claims, but from Week 663, the view is probably a lot rosier...