Word: meanspiritedness
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JACK WHITE'S ASSAULT ON SUPREME Court Justice Clarence Thomas [Dividing Line, June 26] was notable for its meanspirited effort to demonize Justice Thomas. White seeks to reduce Thomas to a curiosity and thereby minimize the importance of his contribution to the Supreme Court. Any fair person who has read...
Critics say the appropriators may get their comeuppance on the House floor. Indeed, the committee got a taste of the battles to come last Friday, when the House killed the committee's funding for the Army museum -- a move that Livingston called "penny-wise and pound-foolish and meanspirited." This...
The news didn't surprise, but the forum sure did. Bob Dole has wanted to be President almost forever--this will be his third try--and an announcement was expected soon. But not last Friday night, and certainly not on David Letterman's Late Show. But why not? Richard Nixon...
Let's face it: to most African Americans Newt Gingrich is one scary white man. "He's black folks' worst nightmare, a meanspirited bigot who thinks he's supposed to tear down everything we've built up," says Les Kimber, founder of the Fresno-based weekly California Advocate. Brooklyn Congressman...
Was that a new Newt delivering his inaugural address as Superspeaker last week? It certainly seemed to be. The meanspirited rantings Gingrich's conservative audiences eagerly expect were gone. In their place, as Representative Charles Schumer says, was a speech "most any liberal Democrat" could have given, a talk remarkable...