Word: righteousness
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...unassailable political virtue. Reagan tried to link Carter with the Ku Klux Klan, and his exaggerations of the state of the world have at times transcended reality. But not even the Democrats suggest that Reagan is mean. Slow, maybe, but nice. Anderson has some of Carter's righteous evangelical fervor, which can be disturbing, but it has not been cruel. He has a perfect right to take a run at the brass ring...
...waiting and the men who currently run the country. Broder's people, "immunized against the childhood diseases and exposed to endless hours of television," saw America slip from a position of unquestioned world superiority into the Era of Limits, American values crumble from a dependable, if not always righteous, code to a confused new national disorder. This generation watched-and in great measure caused-the demise of the great consensus of the 1950s and 1960s. Having seen the collapse of the old order, they must build anew...
...Kennedyite is two decades old. He threw his support behind John F. Kennedy in the key 1960 Wisconsin primary fight to defeat Hubert Humphrey. Eight years later, Lucey backed Robert Kennedy. At last month's Democratic Convention, as Carter beat Kennedy, Lucey stalked from the hall in righteous anger...
...UNATTRACTIVENESS of all three options leads to a final possibility--liberals might just stay home. Actually, the Democratic left will never fail to vote in large numbers. It makes them feel guilty and cheats them of the righteous pleasure of complaining during the subsequent four years. But they may very well stay away from the storefronts where the Carter campaign will desperately need volunteers. Thanks to new campaign financing laws, their money is not in great demand, but the endless effort of suburban housewives, the station wagons to get people to the polls, the send-me-anywhere usefulness of college...
...rather enjoyed the publicity, and in some ways the train of events moved so quickly they would have been hard-pressed to disembark. They were convinced, however, that they were sticking up for something important; hence, they were disappointed when the whole affair ended with a deal, not a righteous proclamation...