Word: patly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Roberts, Robbins argues that '90s anomie is the flip side of '60s idealism -- the perky music, so to speak, without the hammer-of-justice lyrics. The perfect candidate for this era of moral confusion would be a millionaire folk singer, a charismatic opportunist who can twist Woody Guthrie into Pat Buchanan by warbling, "This land was made...
...evangelist Pat Robertson arguing against the Equal Rights Amendment scheduled for the November ballot in Iowa
...with the nation's problems. The Bush team is sure to run a fine-tooth comb over Clinton's 12-year record as what Republicans are calling "the failed Governor of a small Southern state." And they will revive questions about his Vietnam War draft status by claiming, as Pat Buchanan did last week, that Clinton lacks the moral authority to make military decisions...
...G.O.P. got a boost in Houston from prominent televangelists like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. Even before he took the podium for a prime-time speech that accused Clinton of hatching "a radical plan to destroy the traditional family," Robertson revved up ultraconservatives outside the convention hall. At a Houston rally, young zealots distributed handbills denouncing "queers" and "feminazis" as Robertson berated the Democrats for failing to mention God in their platform...
That pitch roused the crowd in Houston, but polls show most Republicans still consider Quayle unqualified. And a slew of other presidential aspirants are also positioning themselves to run in 1996. Among them: chief of staff James Baker, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, Housing Secretary Jack Kemp, Massachusetts Governor William Weld and William Bennett, former commander of the war on drugs. And Texas Senator Phil Gramm, another 1996 hopeful, hurt himself with a keynote address that delegates judged too long and snoozy. Then again, that was the rap on the 1988 keynote speech of the Democrat who now leads George Bush...