Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...revenue sharing plan, first offered, then withdrawn, left him in the double jeopardy of seeming both unwise and wishy-washy, although he spiritedly argued last week that a mature leader must have the right to change his mind. Other items fell into place, leaving the impression of just another politician with his moistened finger to the wind. The purity of his stand on Viet Nam made it all the worse when he recently allowed that Lyndon Johnson had only inherited the war. McGovern initially denied then admitted that he had given Pierre Salinger instructions for a mission to the North...
...Julian Bond style of the handsome and articulate young Southern black politician, Cooper has earned the support of the predominantly white Prichard police force by promising to get more federal aid for pay and equipment. In a city where the median income is under $5,000 a year, any help he can bring in through his knowledge of federal aid programs is sorely needed. His personality and promises have earned some grudging white support. "He may be a nigger," said one police sergeant, "but he's sure the smartest mayor we ever had." Explained AJ. Lawler, a 25-year...
...other side is Rainer Barzel, 48, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, an able but unpopular politician whose chief problem has been winning trust (see box, next page). Barzel, however, has a deep-running issue: inflation. Prices are rising at the rate of 5.5% per year, a frightening spectacle to Germans who remember the disastrous inflationary days after World War I. Though there is no evidence that Barzel could do better than Brandt at controlling inflation, his party is known for heading the government that produced the Wirtschajtswunder (economic miracle) of the 1950s, a period of rapid growth...
...politician in West Germany's postwar history has risen so fast and made so few admirers in the process as Rainer Candidus Barzel. He is almost all a politician should be: intelligent, hardworking, cool under pressure, a first-rate tactician and gifted debater. Yet Barzel suffers from a serious image problem. In voter preference polls, he badly trails the warmer and more personable Brandt, and even rates below some members of his own party. His critics have pinned on him a wide assortment of unlovely epithets: "aalglatt" (slippery as an eel), "a well-rehearsed Pharisee," "spontaneous as a robot...
...children all express great affection for their father as a man, and an unshakable confidence in his invincibility as a politician-they have no doubt that he will win in November. But they enjoy his human fallibilities as well. George, they say, has a "corny sense of humor" that causes them to groan more than laugh. They also imply his taste in movies runs to schmaltz: he has seen Doctor Zhivago six times, they claim. Ann in particular worries that in spite of his morning exercises ("jumping jacks") and his nightly bowl of Wheaties, Father George "has a tendency...