Word: nixonize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Michael Dukakis' campaign tends to obscure an important truth for the Democrats: the party is still doing penance for the 1960s. The code words like Willie Horton, the Pledge of Allegiance and the A.C.L.U., which the Republicans used to fuel the politics of resentment, all come out of Richard Nixon's playbook. In the minds of too many voters, the Democrats are still the party of militant blacks, meddlesome social workers, uppity feminists and draft-card-burning protesters. Such images not only are unfair but also reflect some of the nation's most deep-seated prejudices. Sad to say, they...
Self-assured, quick witted and highly conservative, Lott, 47, has represented the state's relatively prosperous Gulf Coast region in the House since 1972. As a member of the Judiciary Committee, he defended Richard Nixon against impeachment charges. By 1980 his ability to keep friends while taking hard-line positions brought him election as Republican whip. Campaigning for Dowdy, Stennis argued that Mississippi would lose clout, especially in keeping its many defense jobs, with two Republicans in a Democrat-controlled Senate. Lott had an apt reply: "We don't need two Senators who are going to cancel out each other...
...connections betwen Bush and Nixon are sufficiently numerous to be distressing. Nixon himself was a close advisor to the Bush campaign, and the President-elect's aides proudly point to their party's elder crook as the one who gave direction to their campaign strategy. Among the first people President-elect George Bush contacted was none other than Tricky Dick. Former Nixon men, including Fred Malek and Dwight Chapin, played a part in Bush's campaign...
...connections between Bush and Nixon are as much ideological as personal. Vice President Bush stressed throughout his campaign that America was separated by a "Great Divide." His cries for a mainstream mandate are in many ways similar to Nixon's own faith in a silent majority. Nixon won on a "law-and-order" platform, and George Bush did the same. The Willie Horton case, brought to you courtesy of Roger Ailes, did matter. Fully three times as many Americans said they voted based on fears of crime than anxiety over relations between the superpowers...
After witnessing the 1968 campaign, columnist jimmy Breslin was angry. His assessment of that election applies equally well to this one. One need only substitute "George Bush" for "Richard Nixon...