Word: righteous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, Weicker's gregarious style, immensly popular at home, has won him few admirers in Washington. He takes every opportunity to make long-winded, self-righteous speeches during floor debates, and has been accused of milking his vocal anti-administration stand during the Watergate hearings for more than it was worth. He traditionally sponsors an eclectic array of legislation and though he sits on several influential committees, few consider him an effective lawmaker...
...also both controversial and politically difficult: arms control. Jimmy Carter tried but failed to protect SALT from becoming a hostage to the overall climate of the superpower relationship. That failure resulted partly from the widespread impression that he naively viewed arms control as an enterprise distinct from-and more righteous than -defense and national security. As long as the arms controllers stereotype themselves as peace-loving good guys vs. the warmongering bad guys of the Pentagon...
Moral Majority Leader Jerry Falwell notes with righteous pride that among the very first texts ever to come off a printing press was the Holy Bible. Sometimes he must wish the whole process had stopped right there. Falwell learned two weeks ago that interviews he had granted to two freelance writers were about to be published in the March issue of the girlie magazine Penthouse. Aghast at being tucked between the same covers as those unclad Jezebels, Falwell tried to block distribution of the magazine last week with a court injunction. When that failed, he filed a $10 million lawsuit...
...CHARM that captured the nation in 1980 and that made Reagan's forceful attacks on Jimmy Carter so much more palatable than the Goorgian's self-righteous whining, flows easily, even before an audience of one. The president concentrates very hard on being reassuring. He nods and smiles understandingly. He leans back on the couch and gesticulates with smooth imaginary lines drawn on the coffee table or his pant leg. He expects the same in return, and at any indication of a challenge, he easily slips into the "well, there you go again, talking about how bad things are" stance...
EVERY four years a new batch of campaign promises to cut government spending and rid the land of federal bureaucratic red tape, mismanagement, and fraud bubble up and cover the nation in a sea of righteous froth, often just hot, soapy air but occasionally bringing forth such tangible changes as the current Proposition...