Word: obstructionistã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...percent support for Bush is labeled “obstructionist,” brutally attacked as anti-God and anti-security, and targeted not just for defeat but for personal destruction. Short of switching parties, or making out with the president Joe Lieberman-style, “obstructionist?? is something any Democratic leader would have been labeled. Daschle’s failure wasn’t stopping too much Republican legislation; it was stopping too little—and failing to explain why Bush’s whole philosophy (and not just a particular bill...
...over design or real estate planning and therefore cannot negotiate in a give-and-take relationship with neighbors—are sent to community board meetings simply to advocate predetermined and largely non-negotiable designs. When community boards voice these concerns, they are often mischaracterized as “obstructionist?? because their only recourse is to send Harvard back to the proverbial drawing board. They do this not because of spite, but because the people holding the pencil seldom consult with them before designs are in near-final form...
...hope that Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) can extract important concessions on these points during budget deliberations. Recent Republican attempts to paint him as “obstructionist?? are true only insofar as he has tried to obstruct ill-conceived tax rebates for the rich while fighting for America’s less fortunate...
| 1 |