Word: moonbeam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hayakawa, who said of the Panama Canal, "We should keep it; we stole it fair and square"? Or, for that matter, the Gipper? On the liberal side, there was Jerry Brown, promoter of Zen politics and Spaceship Earth. Bill Schneider, political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, blames Governor Moonbeam for starting the trend away from trendy. "Brown singlehandedly is responsible for the election of at least two of the most boring politicians the country has ever seen -- Deukmejian and Wilson. Jerry made boring beautiful...
...Governor of California and two failed bids for the presidency, Jerry Brown, to some, symbolized visionary political leadership. To others, unmoved by his fascination with Buckminster Fuller's visions of the future and the small-is-beautiful theories of E.F. Schumacher, Brown was a weirdo they called "Governor Moonbeam." After losing a 1982 run for the Senate to San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, he dropped out of politics and set off on the political equivalent of a penitent's sojourn in the desert. He went to Mexico to learn Spanish, studied Zen meditation in Japan and worked with Mother Teresa...
...says a longtime friend, "it could be the rehabilitation of Jerry Brown and of the Democratic Party in California. Or it could be the return of the flake." The greatest fear is that his election will undermine Democratic candidates by giving Republicans a chance to dredge up his Moonbeam past. Brown thinks otherwise. "I can become the media black hole that absorbs all the negative feedback," says he. "I can absorb a lot of flak that would otherwise go to our candidates." The most organized opposition to Brown came from women's groups concerned about abortion rights. A pro-choice...
With U.S. policy in disarray, Texas becomes a giant way station for the latest wave of arrivals. -- The trial of Oliver North is finally about to begin. -- Secretary of State James Baker discovers that striped pants go on one leg at a time. -- California's "Governor Moonbeam" is back in politics. -- New Time polls: Bush is up, Tower is down, and the urge to control assault rifles is rising...
First the Republican version: for eight long years, Californians were subject to the "moonbeam" visions of their erratic Governor, Jerry Brown. Now they are about to enjoy the steady political professionalism of their new Governor, George Deukmejian, who in his inaugural address last week called for a return to a "commonsense society...