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...this is small price to pay to restore to the White House a President who, at the very least, does not pander to our own worst instincts. It is small price to pay to rid the country of a man whose smug self-assurance thinly veils his daily denial of the complex, amoral, often unpleasant nature of everyday life...
...most salutary effect of the debate will most likely be to rid the media of its nagging preoccupation with the perceived Democratic malaise. Mondale's fiesty performance plays right into the pundits' vested interest--lamentable as it might be--making this thing a horse race. Watching Bob Schieffer and Lesley Stahl gush on post-debate Monday was the visual equivalent of watching a Mondale press conference, and one reason is clear. After dwelling for two months on Mondale's missteps and Reagan's opportunistic new patriotism, the fourth estate is bored. The press (us included doesn't want 25 point...
Mondale's performance should also rid fellow Democrats of their maddening propensity to refuse to embrace the ticket. It's been fashionable of late to bad-mouth Mondale and his campaign as losers--even Tip O' Neil has gotten into the act--but that should disappear now with Mondale's closing statement. The question, Mondale argued, should not be that posed by the President--are you better off than you were--but will we, as a nation, be better off in the future by the policies being debated. In saying so, he disavowed the repellent selfishness underlying the Republican appeal...
...Ohio's Bowling Green State University, Reagan said, "We're feeling the effects today of the near destruction of our intelligence capability in recent years, before we came here-the effort that somehow seemed to say, 'Well, spying is somehow dishonest and let's get rid of our intelligence agents.' And we did that to a large extent. We're trying to rebuild our intelligence to where you'll find out and know in advance what the target might be and be prepared...
...radio sketches of Jack Benny and Dennis Day. David: "Do you understand what I'm saying to you about Joab? Do not let his hoar head go peacefully down to the grave." Solomon: "What's a hoar head?" After one particularly frustrating session, David tries to get rid of the young man by telling a servant to "show him the door." Replies Solomon: "I've seen the door...