Word: patting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Former presidential candidate Phil Gramm, in reference to Pat Buchanan's calls for restrictions on trade and immigration, as quoted in yesterday's Boston Globe...
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: For Pat Buchanan, the news could not have come at a worse time. With polls showing him running a strong second to Bob Dole, Thursday night's debate was supposed to be his chance shine before a national television audience and claim the lead. Instead, he spent precious time during the day addressing allegations that his campaign co-chairman Larry Pratt had appeared as a speaker at white supremacist and militia events. Pratt announced he would step down, at least for now, to fight charges that he appeared at a number of such events. The thorniest issue...
...senator who was perceived by many to be meanspirited and too small for the presidency was that less than half those polled who knew of him had a favorable impression. In the end, despite spending nearly all of his $20 million war chest, Gramm found himself outflanked by Pat Buchanan in a Louisiana caucus that he had expected win easily before finishing a disappointing fifth in Iowa. Although Gramm in bowing out refrained from endorsing a GOP candidate, he promised to work against the protectionist stance of his nemesis Buchanan, whose unexpectedly strong campaign has siphoned off a number...
Chung's road to the finals was much bumpier than Majmudar's. In his semi-final match against Princeton's Pat Sweeney, Chung outlasted Sweeney in the marathon...
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE: The Republican presidential candidates spent Tuesday trying to put the best possible spin on the results of Monday's Iowa Caucuses. For the surging campaigns of Pat Buchanan and Lamar Alexander, that meant each proclaiming loudly and often that he was the only real rival to Bob Dole. "In the end, it's going to be a contest between Bob Dole and me," Alexander said, while Buchanan, who finished just three points behind Dole, told reporters he was "the one conservative who can with this nomination." For others, it was harder to put a positive face...