Word: scandalizes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that Americans have become so cynical about politics that they expect their elected officials to be morally compromised--liars, unprincipled political opportunists, financial finaglers--and no longer hold egregious vices against the politicians they vote for. A variation on this theory blames the press and the political system for scandal overload. Overdosing on exposes and special prosecutors, the public--while amiably willing to believe in general that politicians are corrupt--has lost its capacity for outrage at any particular new disclosure. A Clinton-friendly version of this theory holds that the mud doesn't stick because it shouldn't stick...
...Roemer is friends with another eccentric, Clinton's strategist, James Carville. "A wild man, yelling and screaming, all over your back. I said, 'Give that man a machete! I want him on my side.'" But sometimes candidates wonder whose interests come first with Morris. Roemer's campaign against the scandal-plagued Edwards was based on Roemer's pledge to reject all PAC money and large contributions. Morris was a big booster of the plan--until he wanted to put TV spots on the air and Roemer lacked the money to pay for them. "Dick wanted me to break my word...
...many people involved in that episode. I admit my wrongdoing and accept full responsibility for my own actions. But there are errors both in Posner's book and in the article Time published. I publicly wish to again admit my involvement in the phony dirty-tricks scandal against the Republican Party and President Bush. There was never any g.o.p. plot against Perot. It was all a political hoax to remove Bush. To all those who continue to lie, malign and mislead, I forgive you and will pray for you. SCOTT BARNES Lake Isabella, California
...unresolved sexual-harassment cases. The Japanese automaker has quietly circulated word among U.S. public relations firms that it is searching for a new head of p.r.--with important damage-control prerequisites. The candidate must: be a woman; reside in the assembly-plant town of Normal, Illinois, where the scandal broke; and pass an interview with the plant's Japanese manager. Despite a salary said to be near $200,000 and a requirement of only five years' experience, there have been no takers. Meanwhile, the company is enduring a federal investigation that may involve as many as several hundred complaints from...
Richard M. Nixon Library and Birthplace: To remain nonpartisan, I racked my brain for a presidential library honoring a Democratic president and found that there are none in the Los Angeles area. Focusing little on the Watergate scandal while emphasizing his prowess in foreign affairs, the library states simply that Nixon "chose to resign" from the presidency...