Word: patly
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Thus, to a great many people around the country, the Bork confirmation struggle is nothing less than a fight for the soul of American society. Evangelists like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson speak of a Bork appointment as a kind of salvation for a morally misguided Supreme Court. Exulted Human Events, a right-wing journal: "The President . . . could advance his entire social agenda -- from tougher criminal penalties, to curbing abortion-on- demand, to sustaining religious values in the schools, etc. -- far beyond his term in office...
There is, of course, no formal Cognoscenti Caucus. But Labor Day is a rough benchmark, as the candidates move from backers' auditions to full-fledged Broadway tryouts. The cast in both parties seems set; only Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder of Colorado is waiting in the wings actively considering a late entry. The candidates (eight Democrats, with Schroeder, and six Republicans) have had months to master their lines, crafting glib answers to almost every conceivable question and perfecting a sincere this-is-who-I-am stump speech. The early-bird voters in Iowa and New Hampshire for the most part have...
Conservative politicians and ideologues are supporting Wattenberg's ideas. TV Evangelist Pat Robertson, a Republican presidential hopeful, argues that the U.S. could be "committing genetic suicide." He preaches that "depopulation of the West threatens the power of Western industrialized democracies." Republican Congressman Jack Kemp of New York, also a presidential contender, seconds Wattenberg's call for birth incentives, saying "People are not a drain on our resources; they are our greatest resource...
Starting in September Leno will be a once-a-week substitute host for Johnny Carson and will star in a prime-time special for NBC. He just completed a movie called Collision Course, in which he co-stars with Pat Morita. Nonetheless, Leno (who lives in the Hollywood Hills with his wife Mavis and a collection of 15 motorcycles) insists that he has no plans to abandon touring. "Some people run from 6 to 8 every morning; I go onstage every night between 9 and 10," he says. "I'd never abandon it. This...
...Gallup poll survey this spring showed that since 1980 there has been a sharp decline in American public esteem for four of the country's most important TV preachers: Oklahoma- based Oral Roberts (whose approval rating dropped from 66% to 28%), Swaggart (76% to 44%), Virginia's Pat Robertson (65% to 50%) and California's Robert Schuller...