Word: rails
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...readers to look at the electoral map on which the Bush states appeared in red: "You see the state where James Byrd was lynch-dragged behind a pickup truck until his body came apart. It's red. You see the state where Mathew Shepard was crucified on a split-rail fence for the crime of being gay. It's red. You see the state where right-wing extremists blew up a federal building and murdered scores of federal employees...
...impeachment, Hillary was one of the more unpopular First Ladies. She bungled the Administration's biggest domestic project--health care--after wresting it from Gore's portfolio. Her fingerprints were everywhere, especially on the scandals (from Whitewater to Travelgate). In every crisis, her reflexive response was to blame others, rail against enemies and stonewall, unless called before a grand jury, at which point she would be overcome by short- and long-term memory loss. It wasn't until the President found himself under siege that her popularity took off. By the end of impeachment, she realized that, Sally Field-like...
...tidings from the goose meadow are voluminous and vitriolic. His messages rail against "sick developer types" who are "attacking" the geese...
...clearly different from having human beings change certain clear votes to other clear votes. In a land of no-fault auto insurance and no-fault divorce, where the woman who spills coffee on herself is awarded three million dollars and the drunken student who electrocutes himself on a Dinkey rail is similarly remunerated, do we really need no-fault ballot screw...
...them will probably be there when the economy claims its downturn, and the other side will crow endlessly, and unless they've both been seriously underestimated as potential leaders, one of these unlucky guys is going to get run out of Washington on a rail. Big time...