Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ticket as his last hope. Humphrey wanted to be President so badly that he buried his aversion to the Viet Nam conflict. Johnson abused Humphrey shamelessly, sending him out to stir up support for the war and keeping him uninformed about matters of importance. For a politician, he was perhaps too loyal, too kind. "Wanting to be loved, he was unable to be cruel," says Solberg. "He could make neither his allies nor his adversaries fear that his anger would have long-term consequences for them...
...feeling of something fresh and new to a campaign that so far has sounded like a large, heavy suitcase being tumbled, slow motion, down an interminable flight of stairs." That cover story, applauding the "bold aplomb" that took Ferraro from School Teacher to Assistant Prosecutor to prominent national Politician, went on to say, "It could, if the timing and political climate were precisely right, put her on the Democratic ticket in July." While taking due notice of her lack of expertise in arms control and foreign policy, TIME concluded, "People who know Ferraro would not lose any sleep...
...Security, education, abortion, public housing are bound to take on a special quality when a woman addresses them. Discussions of arms agreements and foreign policy may also sound different from a mother's point of view. When her turn came to speak last Thursday, Ferraro sounded like any politician, male or female, touching the right chords ("Straight-forward, solid Americans") and the right bases ("My good friend, Charlie Rangel, the Congressman from Harlem"). That may change, to her surprise, as she is confronted by questions and concerns that are not conventionally political...
...game, she has managed to retain a naturalness and warmth. If she is to add to the ticket-and enlarge politics itself-it will be not because she was able to transform herself into another Walter Mondale but because she was able to be at once a national politician and a woman. -By Evan Thomas...
...would esta- blish one historic precedent long before Geraldine Ferraro added a second. But instead of savoring his electoral accomplishments, which went far beyond what most political observers thought possible a year ago, Jackson approached this week's Democratic Convention in a defiant, almost reckless mood. The preacher-politician issued a torrent of threats, recriminations and inflammatory accusations that was little short of bewildering, even for someone who thrives on confrontation. Then he proceeded to back down, at least partly, from many of them. Right to the end, Jackson left many Democrats with very little answer to the question...