Word: patting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...United States is something else again. Other countries--let me see now--well, other countries don't invest their head of government with the power to push a button and destroy the world, do they? Only in America. What a country. So let's give ourselves a pat on the back...
...pat-on-the-back factor is huge this year. People see an opportunity not just to feel proud of their country but also to feel proud of themselves, personally. Two opportunities, in fact. Which is unfortunate for Hillary Clinton. Until Barack Obama came along, she was counting on the pat-myself-on-the-back vote, and even more on the pat-myself-on-the-back checkbooks. As a woman, she was, simply, the embodiment of an inspiring idea about our country and about ourselves. It's the old idea that anyone can grow up to be President. Not just that...
...society have symbolic components. And race or gender can be a legitimate consideration in filling any of them. The day will come when voting for a Barack Obama or a Hillary Clinton won't be remarkable in any way. But in 2007 it still earns you your pat on the back...
...President. Every time Obama opens his mouth, he makes a mockery of concerns about his basic competence or experience, especially if we take the incumbent as a minimal standard. Beyond that low threshold, "merit" is nearly irrelevant to our concerns. Should we just give them all a PAT (Presidential Aptitude Test...
...Harvard and Mr. Bob Scalise and [Senior Associate Director of Athletics] Pat[ricia] Henry saw something in me at Temple,” she says...