Word: mantras
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Four years ago, President Bush campaigned under the mantra of being a uniter, not a divider, but his presidency has not come close to reflecting this ideal. We expect that a second Bush administration would continue to pursue policies of regressive taxing, continue to cut social services and continue to use the economic have-nots as tools to fight the wars of the political haves. Kerry’s record, meanwhile, indicates that a President Kerry would fight for a federal budget that provides more social services to all at the expense of only the uppermost echelons of society, bridge...
...President Bush “should be generally seen as a political moderate, not a strong liberal”, and a 2003 poll by CBS found that more Democrats wanted to see their party nominate a conservative candidate than wanted a liberal nominee. When the Republican Party repeats its mantra that John Kerry is “just another Northeast liberal”, it plays into the part of the American consciousness that has grown to equate liberalism with mismanagement, irresponsibility and indecisiveness...
...windfall to state governments, advertisements depicting Latham as an "L-plate" financial manager who had left disaster in his wake after a 1990s stint as mayor of Sydney's Liverpool council, or Labor's timetable for submitting its policies for Treasury costing, economic stability was the government's mantra. At its campaign launch in Brisbane's stately City Hall on Sept. 26, before a crowd waving Australian flags, Howard unveiled a childcare rebate and plans for 24 new technical colleges, and warned again of Labor's record on debt, deficits and union power. "Never listen to what Labor says...
Patience is the mantra among many WUSA boosters. "One thing I've noticed about women's sports is that the tolerance level changes," says Foudy. "If results aren't delivered right now, people are quicker to call it a failure." But at least one critic argues that the WUSA hasn't acted fast enough. Lisa Delpy Neirotti, a sports-management professor at George Washington University, says that even if the WUSA is seeking a soft relaunch next spring, it should have lined up sponsors before companies set fiscal-year ad budgets over the summer, giving the league a more solid...
...lyrical landscape: “Can’t you see what you’ve done to my heart and soul?/This is a wasteland now.” The chorus of the tense, agitated “Length of Love” is the odd mantra, “Combat salacious removal.” And the closer, “A Time to Be So Small,” has something about a “cadaverous mob.” The lyrics rarely drive the songs here, and are often difficult to decipher; Banks derives...