Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Whitewater muck. For one thing, they rejected a central tenet of Clinton's Whitewater theology. By basing their decision on documentary evidence and discounting the testimony of both Clinton and the defendants' chief accuser, David Hale, they undermined the White House argument that the investigation is a baseless, partisan witch hunt. Now it doesn't matter so much that no one can follow the storyline, says G.O.P. chairman Haley Barbour, because "they said 'guilty' 24 times...
...past two years, American politics has been split along ideological lines. Now, however, both candidates are realizing, once again, that most voters are closer to the center and yearning for sensible middle-ground positions. So the ugliness of the campaign has shifted, remarkably early, from exploiting partisan divisions to the old-fashioned mudslinging that usually marks the final days of the campaign...
...children and families, and whose leadership is generally conservative, has gone out of its way to avoid the politics associated with the rally. "We hope not to be sidetracked by who is calling this event," says Y public-policy senior associate John Brooks. "Supporting kids shouldn't be a partisan issue...
...vetoing the bill, Clinton has, in essence, deemed acceptable a form of infanticide. Although evidenced by broad bi-partisan support throughout Congress for the ban, Clinton has taken it upon himself to ignore the sentiment of the American people. Though Clinton claimed that the reason for his veto was "to save a woman's life or to avert serious health consequences to her," he neglected to mention that the bill had a provision which provided for an exception to the ban if the abortion was "necessary to save the life of a mother whose life was in danger...
...week's end Republicans were quietly complaining about the bounce Clinton is getting in the polls for presiding over so much tragedy, but it's hard to imagine what Clinton could have done differently. In Washington, even death is a partisan affair...