Word: patly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lately some Japanese executives have begun to acknowledge that their country is partly to blame for America's economic problems. A commentary in a recent issue of the respected business weekly Toyo Keizai could have been written by Pat Buchanan: "Japan can't merely criticize the decline of the U.S. economy by saying, 'It serves you right.' If one takes into consideration the abnormal situation where Japan's excessive competition, low profit margins and long work hours served as a background to our earning a $40 billion trade surplus with the U.S. . . . we can say that Japan has a share...
Fast-forward to the 1992 campaign and suddenly almost the entire field of challengers -- from Pat Buchanan on the Republican right to Senator Tom Harkin on the Democratic left -- is singing out of the old Connally hymnbook. An artfully contrived TV spot depicts Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey guarding a hockey net while warning the Japanese that "if we can't sell in their market, they can't sell in ours." Harkin vows to send a similarly shrill message to Tokyo: "We're going to reduce our trade deficit with you, Japan, down to zero in five years. Two ways...
...Democrats may be trading blows in New Hampshire, but if you're looking for real hardball, keep an eye on the Republican presidential primary. While Pat Buchanan's ads have pounded away at President Bush for his no-new-taxes switcheroo and other failings, Bush has played Gentleman George so far, ignoring his upstart competitor and focusing on his own leadership and compassion. That's classic top-dog strategy. But don't forget the President's pledge to do what it takes to win. Bush's team is preparing scorching ads that target Buchanan as a pinheaded isolationist and protectionist...
Hillary is strong, but so was Pat Nixon...
Much of the resentment, of course, is fueled by the seemingly endless recession. Bush's Tokyo foray, in which the enduring -- and symbolic -- image was of the American President collapsing into the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister, intensified American feelings of anger and humiliation. Pat Buchanan, whose New Hampshire stump speech includes numerous nods to his isolationist "America First" economic platform, fans the flames. "We're on a wave of Japan bashing that is much more serious than in previous years," concludes I.M. Destler, a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington...