Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chat with Arafat Yasser Arafat in his interview with TIME[Aug. 20] rightly implies that the conflict in the Middle East is basically between Jewish lobby dollars and Arab oil wealth. Can any American politician risk alienating either? As long as the legitimate aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians are ignored, the Middle East will remain a powder...
...engaging his listeners with a tone of careful sincerity. He is always controlled, raising his voice only for emphasis. Yet he comes across as a vibrant orator, striking an emphatic rhythm like an oldtime Democrat. His Texan images are simple but colorful: the stubborn steer, the weak-kneed politician, the businessman cowering in fear of the Government. Connally has the earthiness of a backland tenant farmer's son and the urbanity of a successful international financier. He is clever enough to be self-deprecating at times, but he radiates such an enormous sense of self-confidence and self-mastery...
Even though he was acquitted, Con nally's actions on behalf of the milk producers are considered by his critics an illustration of his view of corporate interests. Says one Texas politician who has followed Connally closely: "The real danger in the milk fund case is the manipulation of Government policy to fit business interests, encouraging Nixon to raise milk support prices to extract political money." Says former Texas Observer Publisher Ronnie Dugger, a longtime Connally critic: "Corporate interests and Government interests? They're all the same to him." Another Texas political foe asks, "Can you imagine Connally's administration...
...introduction of Newcomer Strauss into the Middle East summitry shook the State Department to its foundations. That Carter would reach around Vance and Brzezinski and pick the glad-handing Texan, a lawyer, politician and trade negotiator relatively inexperienced in diplomatic affairs, stunned the department professionals. The move further diminished Vance's standing, removing a principal foreign policy area from his direction. It not only disillusioned the whole State Department but also aggravated the long-term power struggle between State and the National Security Council. Brzezinski saw Strauss's appointment as both a weakening of Vance's authority...
...from the Haydens, who, starting at Three Mile Island in late September, will tour 50 cities with the occasional assistance of such notables as Cesar Chavez, Gloria Steinem and Jesse Jackson. Though they have not formally endorsed Brown for President, the Haydens consider him to be the most "relevant" politician for America and the one most likely to be converted to their Campaign for Economic Democracy...