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...want to be remembered? I've been a person who sticks to his ideals and to righteousness. I hope my tombstone says: ONE WHO SACRIFICED. I sacrificed my life for the people, for Taiwan, for democracy, human rights, and to protect peace across the Taiwan Strait. Today, textbooks say I was the soul of the opposition movement [during the authoritarian era]. How they see me in the future, that's up to them ... [But] I don't want to be President...
...checked my website and found the offending words. They were not my own; my staff had posted them to summarize my pro-choice position during the Democratic primary, at a time when some of my opponents were questioning my commitment to protect Roe v. Wade. Within the bubble of Democratic Party politics, this was standard boilerplate, designed to fire up the base. The notion of engaging the other side on the issue was pointless, the argument went; any ambiguity on the issue implied weakness...
...Dijon mustard; he cops to being "grumpy" in the morning. He even offers his media consultant David Axelrod's opinions about the best negative TV ads that could have been used against him in the 2004 Senate campaign. (He once--accidentally, he says--voted against a bill to "protect our children from sex offenders...
...Whether Harvard would be better off with sunshine disinfectant in this case is impossible to say,” she wrote in an e-mail. “Unlike general policy matters, there are good reasons to protect individuals—in this case Prof Schleifer [sic], the subcommittee, and the Deans—from public dissection after the fact...
...increased the likelihood of a Democratic takeover. That has allowed the Democrats to target Senate races with new funds, and forced Republicans to concentrate on defending their 10-seat majority there. "The Senate's a top priority, and you'll see a tremendous amount of resources garnered to protect the majority there," says one G.O.P. strategist familiar with the party's planning. Says a Democratic strategist, "More attention than ever is being directed to the Senate races...