Word: patting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First-years can now give themselves a pat on the back, knowing they have done their part for the environment...
...similarly inclined to imagine what their reaction would be to the following scenario. Tomorrow, David Duke calls a march of one million white men to reaffirm the spirit of American Democracy (i.e. his own particular vision of "American Democracy"). In response, all sorts of prominent white intellectuals, such as Pat Buchanan, Pat Robertson and William F. Buckley Jr., come out of the woodwork and volunteer their oratorical services. When asked if they support Duke's agenda, they reply, "The march is only his if we look at it that way." Sure...
Commentator Pat Buchanan also emphasized the fact that he was "not a professional politician" and proclaimed his support for term limits in Congress...
...vaguely moderate, above-politics President Powell to another four years of President Clinton. That is why Republican Brahmins are busy making wonderfully subtle distinctions about Powell's support for affirmative action--an issue they formerly saw in stark, absolutist terms. It is why even Ralph Reed, front man for Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, is making cautiously friendly noises about a man who says brazenly that he is "pro-choice" on abortion...
...they fail to deliver on promises to make business share the pain of budget balancing by hitting farm subsidies and corporate welfare. In the House Agriculture Committee, G.O.P. unity broke down, for instance, during an attempt last week to reduce farm-subsidy payments. A bill strongly promoted by chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas was defeated when Democratic opponents were joined by four Republicans from cotton-growing districts where agribusiness has taken in $4.6 billion in agriwelfare over the past 10 years...