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...word "liberal" and even the word "Democrat" still seem to be taboo. Clinton has not asserted the mandate that voters handed to him. Instead, his new mantra is the word "bipartisan," which frequently means capitulation to the Republican agenda rather than constructive cooperation between the parties. One of the Clinton's first policy pronouncements after Election Day was his decision to try to appoint some prominent Republicans to his cabinet. Admittedly, appointing a moderate conservative--Colin Powell, perhaps--to a cabinet post would not be especially unusual. However, Clinton's decision to court Republicans so soon after his re-election...
...sets of advisers: he co-opted the balanced budget, as the consultants advised, and demagogued Medicare the way the Old Guard wanted. This created his key message: "Balancing the budget in a way that protects our values and defends Medicare, Medicaid, education and the environment." So often was this mantra used that the team referred to it as simply M2E2. Clinton had arrived at a golden synthesis, bridging the traditional Democratic notion of protecting entitlements with the New Democratic position of fiscal responsibility. Of course, he did it through sleight of hand. His budget proposals didn't come to grips...
Adding a page to the G.O.P. playbook, Herman, an Independent endorsed by the Democratic party, had his "Covenant with the Voters" notarized. In it he pledges to reject pac money and to serve no more than six years if elected. Guided by the mantra "Dishonesty is just not good business," Herman has embarked on a crusade to battle corruption in governmant. He says his business sense will help him in office, but he may have a hard time getting past Rick Lazio, who won in 1994 by a 40% margin...
...dollars' worth of its own commercials that accuse the unions of trying to buy control of the House. The G.O.P. hopes to create a backlash against what one of its ads derides as "Big Labor bosses, Big Money, big lies, big liberals." Freshmen are repeating the line like a mantra in their stump speeches...
...been gawking at the array of booths and milling around aimlessly the year before seem to have mastered the all-important skill of shoving flyers into unsuspecting first-years' hands, bookbags, and/or arms; luring them with the promise of food and friends, or fervently repeating the all-important mantra, "You know you want to join." Although the eager recruiters realize that the majority of flyers will eventually end up in the trash bin, it doesn't seem to dampen their spirit or enthusiasm one bit. Aah, such is the strength of newly gained faith...