Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these Republican bombshells is that while many of them are on target, the arguments tend to be aggressively hyperbolic and are occasionally contradicted by their own supporting documents. For one thing, the President faults Clinton for not favoring a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution -- though it was the Reagan and Bush Administrations that are mainly responsible for the enormous amounts of red ink in the federal budget...
...Republicans correct when they say this would be the greatest tax increase in history? No. In truth, the record tax hikes are all Republican products: the Reagan Administration's 1982 increase ($98 billion over four years) and the new taxes of 1990 for which Bush now apologizes ($107.6 billion over four years). Clinton's plan would actually increase taxes about $92 billion over four years -- hardly trivial, but no blue-ribbon winner...
...schizophrenic quality not often seen at G.O.P. gatherings. Night after night, the party's fault lines were laid bare for the nation to see. Patrick Buchanan's darkly apocalyptic speech Monday night all but raised the specter of race war, only to be followed minutes later by Ronald Reagan's soaring tribute to Bush and America's future. Wednesday, Barbara Bush gently prodded the conservative delegates to broaden their party's sometimes narrow definition of family, while warm-up act Marilyn Quayle championed a zero-tolerance approach to "family values." But it was Mary Fisher, the HIV-positive daughter...
...chances in November depend heavily on whether Sheldon proves to be a weather vane for one of the country's most important voting blocs. Millions of white evangelicals returned to their roots to elect Carter 16 years ago. They changed allegiance again in 1980, helping to give Ronald Reagan and Bush large majorities. This year there is some wavering among the faithful. One reason is mild disappointment with Bush. Another is Bill Clinton's and Al Gore's status as churchgoing Southern Baptists. If Clinton and Gore convert their religious ties into enough votes, the Democrats can be politically born...
...Right alliance that emerged between religious and secular conservatives in the late 1970s helped Reagan attract two-thirds of the white evangelical vote, the same proportion Carter had won in 1980. Some 70% voted for Bush four years ago, giving him a lock on the South, where white Protestants are the dominant voting bloc, and strengthening him in important Northern states like Illinois and Michigan...