Word: mattered
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...could have been rejected if the ensuing debate had proven it a bad idea. By rejecting it now, we have, in Clinton's words, "severely harm[ed] the national security of the United States" and "damage[d] our relationship with our allies." Unfortunately, these concerns don't seem to matter as long as Lott and the GOP have a chance to publicly embarrass their arch-nemesis...
...have our own standards of equity that may well be stronger than the congressionally mandated standards in some cases," he says. "As a general matter, [I] believe that any gender restrictions that can be lifted, should be lifted...
...chimerical right to have others subsidize that expression. As long as we keep this crucial distinction in mind, there should be no problem with the government insisting on certain criteria as a precondition of funding--those who find the stipulations stifling can seek money elsewhere and leave the matter at that...
Where, then, do we draw the line? Public funding of desecration of religious symbols and sacred objects of singular significance is out, but what about art meaningfully representing subject matter that merely conflicts in a serious way with ones worldview? Should a born-again evangelical have to see his tax dollars spent on representations of homosexuality? How about Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase?" He might just fear hellfire and brimstone as punishment for underwriting any display of carnality. Heck, what about a fanatical tree-hugger--should his tax dollars help house murals depicting the brutal subjugation...
...honest and accurate. Or, as his son Ronnie has said, as accurate a portrait as you can make of this very strange man. But Morris succeeds not only in coming to grips with the ambiguities of Reagan, but in conveying a subtle understanding that every particle of Reagan, no matter how distant, confused or seemingly simplistic, had a purpose...